By
Fiorella Mifsud
The name Daisy mean day’s eye.
The Daisy flowers are very appealing while
opening at dawn and attract a lot of small insects.
A Daisy is a mix of two flowers called a disk floret
and a white ray floret.
The Daisy belongs to the Daisy family of Compositae,
known now as Asteraceae .
The leaves of daisy are consumable and are often
used in salads and the flower itself used in making
honey and herbal tea.
In many parts of Europe sunflowers have
provided, and still provide leaves for smoking,
flower buds for salads, flowers for dyes, and oil
for cooking.
A sunflower's head can grow to be as big as 2 feet
across and the plant itself can be as tall as 18 feet.
Well this year our tallest one got to over 10 feet
tall.
The shortest Nature sunflower on record was just
over 2 inches tall and was grown in Oregon using
the Bonsai technique
These days, the majority of daffodils are grown in
the Channel Islands, Great Britain, Holland and
the Isles of Scilly.
There are over 25,000 varieties of daffodils and
they come in yellow, white, orange and even a
peach/pink shade.
The emblem of Wales is the daffodil. People often
wear daffodils on St. David’s Day.
BE CAREFUL - All parts of the daffodil are
poisonous.
Roses are ancient flowers that have captured hearts
and imaginations for centuries.
We think of the rose as the most beautiful flower of all
but there is something that the roses have and that no
other flower has, it is the tiny thorns that there is on
their small trunk.
The rose’s natural colour is red but there is a lot
varieties how the a colourful rose and can be.
The rose was always known as the flower of love and
that it was given a lot to love birds.
There are about 100 species of wild tulip, growing
right across Asia to China.
Tulips come in most colours but blue. Reds and
yellows are common, but they vary from white to
deep purple.
Tulips are flowers that bloom in spring from bulbs.
The word tulip comes from the Turkish word for
‘turban’, because of their shape.
Huge numbers of tulips are now grown in the fields
in Holland.
The name "pansy" actually originates from the
French word, pensie. Pensie is defined as
"meaning thought or remembrance.“
Pansy may reach the length of 9 inches.
Pansies have three basic colour patterns. One is a
single colour that is yellow or blue. Another
pattern is a flower that has black lines that
originate from its centre. The third pattern has a
dark centre, which is known as its face.
Violets are small, sweet-smelling flowers composed of
five petals, each about the size of a thumbprint. These
petals, are found in nearly every colour and often
feature two or three colours per flower petal. The
leaves of the violet plants are extremely small, and
sometimes entirely undetectable(hard to find).
Violet leaves and flowers are edible and have a
delicate, sweet flavour. They can be candied, used to
make stuffing and, more commonly, used as a garnish
for a variety of dishes such as salads and desserts
Bluebells are a perennial (everlasting) plant
named for the shape of the flower which looks
like a tiny bell. These flowers grow in clusters and
are usually, but not always, blue as the name
implies. Bluebells can be a creamy, off-white
colour. The cream-colored bluebell is rarely found
in nature. This plant has long stems and narrow
leaves. It grows to be 12 to 18 inches tall.
Carnations are often considered to be one of the
less exciting cut flowers you can receive.
Inexpensive, readily available, and sold in a
rainbow of unnatural colours, carnations are the
mainstay of the boutonniere or corsage. Don't
underestimate the humble carnation however; it
has a history as colourful as its varieties.
I HAD FUN DOING THIS POWERPOINT WITH THESE
AMAZING FACTS BUT IF YOU VEWED THIS YOU HAVE
TO VEW ALL THE BEAUTIFUL STORIES ,
POWERPOINTS AND GAMES THAT MY FRIENDS AND
MY TALENTED TEACHER MADE SO PLEASE CHECK UP
ALL THE FUN FACTS AND GAMES THAT MY BUDDIES
DID !!!!!
And for those who want and even who don’t want to be my friend see
you tomorrow in school and good luck