April
Birth Flowers
Daisy
The Daisy is the flower bringer of good fortune and blissful pleasure.
It is thought that the name "daisy" is a corruption of
"day's eye", because the whole head closes at night and
opens in the morning.
The most common characteristic of all these plants, is that what
in common parlance might be called a "flower", is an inflorescence
or flower head; a densely packed cluster of many small, individual
flowers, usually called florets (meaning "small flowers")
.Often considered a weed on lawns, though many also value the appearance
of the flowers. Several cultivars and hybrids have been selected
with much larger flowerheads up to 5-6 cm diameter and with light
pink to purple-red ray florets.
Daisy
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Sweet Pea
Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a flowering plant of the genus
Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae (the legumes). Unlike most peas,
the seeds of the sweet pea are not edible. They are often grown
by gardeners for their bright colors and the sweet fragrance that
gives them their name. The species is annual and so lasts for only
one season. The seeds of the sweet pea are poisonous and should
not be eaten.
Sweet peas have been cultivated since the 17th century and a vast
number of varieties are commercially available.
Sweet Pea
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