Turning your face
to the warmth of the night,
With your bright golden yellow
and your petals of white;
He loves me,
or he loves me not?
You hold tales of desire
and stories forgot;
One day, someone will
make a chain out of you;
But tonight you are
Sacred Flower of Freya
and Friend of the Moon.
The ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) is larger than the common, English daisy and is made up of an amalgamation of tiny little flowers each consisting of small, yellow disc florets in the centre and surrounding white ray florets (appearing as petals).
It blooms from June to September and can be found alongside its friends in long grass, brightening up meadows and fields and signifying the arrival of summer.
This daisy was important to Norse mythology, as a sacred flower of Freya, the goddess of love, beauty and fertility. Its name originates from the Old English word ‘dæges ēage’ meaning ‘day’s eye’ as the flower awakes at the coming of dawn. The size and brightness of the ox-eye daisy creates to the illusion of this flower glowing in the fading evening light, leading to the nickname, ‘moon daisy’.
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