The top 10 daisy varieties to suit every garden
Bright, cheerful and easy to grow, it’s no surprise that daisies are a popular flower – and there’s plenty to choose from
17 July 2021 • 6:00am
From ox-eye to Black-Eyed Susan, we reveal the top 10 daisy varieties to buy right now
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Ask a child to draw a flower and they will draw you a daisy: a central circular disk surrounded by a ring of petals. Daisies appear to be the simplest form of flower, but in fact they are a lot more complicated than they appear.
The central disk is composed of hundreds of tiny flowers, all packed closely together, and these are surrounded by a ring of “ray florets”, elongated petals each with a tiny flower at its base. All of these flowers make them a boon for wildlife, with pollinators able to sip from a vast number of little wells of nectar.