Happy Monday! What better way to start the day than with flowers?
Gerber daisies, which come in bright, cheerful colors, last quite awhile. Long after roses have bitten the dust in a bouquet, gerber daisies will still be perky and appealing.
Sizzling pink is my favorite color of gerber daisies but orange, red, white, and yellow are also great.
Do you ever wonder how flowers are named? Traugott Gerber, a German naturalist in the 1700s, is the namesake of the flower. (Now that name, Traugott, is a first for me. Never heard that name before.)
In her book, Garden Flower Folklore, published in the late 1980s, Laura C. Martin notes that Robert Diem, also a German plant breeder, continued to develop attractive Gerber daisies.
The author said the flowers are very important to Holland's flower trade.
Whenever a bouquet of flowers is on its way to someone, I try to include a few Gerbers in it, knowing they will make a good gift and outlast every other flower in the bouquet. Gerber daisies are an especially good choice to give to someone in a hospital or nursing home because they are so colorful and long-lasting.
What is your absolute favorite flower in the whole world? Why do you like it?
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