Deceptively simple, the daisy is a member of the composite family. Composite -- as in made up of many parts. Each "flower" is actually hundreds of tiny flowers. On the daisy the yellow centers are made of a type of flower known as Disk flowers and the white "petals" are actually a second kind of flower known as Ray flowers. Both types of flowers, held together by the scaly structure of modified leaves known as the Bract, form the total composite flower.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Switzerland in Summer
Three new varieties of daisy are blooming n the garden right now. "Fluffy" is still in the bud stage, and "Crazy Daisy" is a little spent and fading round the edges -- it was the first to bloom. "Switzerland" the third variety is just coming into it's own right now though, as you can see. 
Deceptively simple, the daisy is a member of the composite family. Composite -- as in made up of many parts. Each "flower" is actually hundreds of tiny flowers. On the daisy the yellow centers are made of a type of flower known as Disk flowers and the white "petals" are actually a second kind of flower known as Ray flowers. Both types of flowers, held together by the scaly structure of modified leaves known as the Bract, form the total composite flower.
Deceptively simple, the daisy is a member of the composite family. Composite -- as in made up of many parts. Each "flower" is actually hundreds of tiny flowers. On the daisy the yellow centers are made of a type of flower known as Disk flowers and the white "petals" are actually a second kind of flower known as Ray flowers. Both types of flowers, held together by the scaly structure of modified leaves known as the Bract, form the total composite flower.
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