• The War of the Roses was a 15th century struggle between the House of Lancaster (whose emblem the red rose) and the House of York (white rose) for control of the English throne.
  • Cleopatra slept on pillows stuffed with rose petals.
  • In the 17th century, when Holland was in the grip of Tulipmania, a single bulb sold for the equivalent of $NZ 10 million.
  • The daisy gets its name from the Anglo-Saxon phrase daes eage, or "day's eye," because of the way they open and close as the sun rises and sets.

 

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