Bellis perennis - Daisy - (Asteraceae)

This is the common daisy so popular with young children as the raw material of daisy chains. It first appears in early spring and continues blooming all through summer and into autumn. In May these robust little flowers are usually at their very best.

Daisies

The daisy is an amazingly tenacious plant and can be very difficult to eradicate from lawns and golf greens.

Daisies in a lawn

Once very common in meadows, daisies are still one of the most abundant of wildflowers wherever fertilisers and weedkillers are not extensively applied to fields.