April's Daisy.

 When daisies pied and violets blue
And lady-smocks all silver-white
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight
"Love's Labour's Lost" by William Shakespeare

     Daisies are love flowers! They're associated as being sacred to Venus/Aphrodite in ancient time. Venus being the goddess of love! Wearing Daisies brings love. Daisies were popular in Medieval times, when knights at tournaments wore the flower, while their ladies wore Daisy wreaths as crowns. Whoever picks the first daisy of the season is overwhelmed with spirit of flirtation. ;)

     In Celtic myth, It is lucky to step on the first flowers in the spring but extremely unlucky to uproot them.

     In Scotland it is the "Bairnwort", testifying to the joy of children in gathering it for daisy-chains. Daisies are associated with protecting new born babies! Awww!

     Daisies aromatherapy is said to increase awareness, creavitiy, lower anxiety, and build a strength from within.

     Daisies are also used in medicine!
     Daisy is an expectorant and is used for coughs, catarrh, and bronchitis. Renowned Homepathy doctor Eileen Nauman has done test studies regarding using Daisy for treatment of shock. It has reputed value for treating liver and kidney disorders, and it is also useful treating arthritis and rheumatism. Due to its astringency its used to treat diarrhea. The same astringency makes Daisy useful in the treatment of inflammation and wounds.
     American colonists treated cuts and bruises with a Daisy lotion, and Daisy tea was used for whooping cough, asthma, and as an anti-spasmodic, as a diuretic, and as a tonic. Elizabethans cured joint pain with Daisies, and Yugoslavians drank Daisy juice for their upset stomachs.  New England Puritans used Daisies to cure deafness.

That is a seriously powerful little flower!

Come stop in at the Ford Flower Shop and pick up a pretty pom pom daisy! They come in a lot of colors!