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Ox-eye Daisies
Posted on May 26, 2021 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
Categories: Know your pets
 
Have you noticed all the wildflowers on our hillsides?  The yellow ones are Small's Ragwort (achoo), and the white ones are Ox-eye Daisies.  These are growing in my yard, just beyond the driveway.  We let them stay.  There are also a bunch growing in the garden;  they have to go.  You see how prolific they are:  ie. they take over.
 
Ox-eye Daisy or Chrysanthemum leucanthemum are common wildflowers in our area, and they are edible;  the young leaves taste lemony, and we use them in salads.  The flowers are edible too, but don't taste so good, but they won't kill you if you use them for decorating a cake or something.
 
I could have used a picture that I took of the hillside, but I chose this one because we are being watched.  Look right in the middle of the picture and you can see Gizmo looking at me.  Really, he was chasing a chipmunk or bug or something, but he camouflaged so well, I had to take his picture.
 
HAPPY GARDENING!!!
 
 
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