If there was a flower that summed up this glorious day it would be the Power Daisy.
I must admit that when Mrs G spotted this in a plant catalogue, although new to me and for no reason other than snobbery, I tried to steer her away. “I think there is something really good on the next page” trying to divert her attention to something more worthy “did I see something about free Monster Munches with every purchase?”. What I was thinking was “What kind of name is Power Daisy? Sounds like another gimmick to me. A trap for the horticultural vulnerable”. Of course as it was Mrs G’s party she was free to Power Daisy if she wanted to. And she did.
And it transpires that I was quite wrong. Well I was right about the naff name, but not about the plant. From small beginnings last year they grew strongly, giving a fine display until late autumn. Not only have they all successfully over-wintered, they began flowering over a month ago and look likely to continue that way. They have had no special treatment. Just my usual love and the odd tune.
It is a calendula hybrid. This one is called Sunny and never has a plant been more accurately named. There is more on their story here in Mr Fothergill’s Blog. Apparently more colours are on the way. Bring it on!
Off The Edge Gardening 
Imagine if you were the one that needed to come up with a name for a plant. It’s an awesome responsibility, don’t you think?
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Funnily enough, I have just named a flower, a dahlia. I won a competition. Watch this space ……
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How cool is that? I will stay tuned.
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Lovely. Yellow is a favourite flower colour and calendulas my favourite flowers so I really like the look of these. xx
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Sounds like it should be called Flighty then!
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Must admit I’m not a fan of bright yellow flowers, preferring the more muted yellows; nor am I a fan of the current trend for what I call “techno-names” like “tomtato” and all these sunthings –
“Sunpatiens”, “Sundiascia” and so on. I like the “deeper meaning” names; they give me an opportunity to do a bit of research such as who was Dorothy Perkins (the rambling rose). I’d avoid “Power Daisy” purely because of the name.
So you have named a flower a dahlia eh? Nice name. But someone got there first at the end of the 18th century. 🙂
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