What Daisies Mean

The daisy is the first flower almost all of us learned to draw. That familiarity is exactly where its symbolic power comes from: it stands for what is simple, open and free of hidden meaning.

What it says

• Innocence and purity. Its oldest meaning, tied to childhood.
• Loyalty. In medieval tradition it was the flower a lady gave to her knight.
• A love that is just beginning. Without the weight or commitment of a red rose.
• Everyday joy. It is the "I was thinking of you" flower, not the grand-gesture one.

"He loves me, he loves me not"

The custom of plucking a daisy's petals to find out whether someone loves you back comes from France and is centuries old. There is nothing mystical about the result, but it explains why the flower became associated with uncertain love and with adolescence.

When to choose it

It works very well for a friend, for someone recovering, for a young person's birthday, or to accompany a gift without the bouquet stealing the show. It is the safe option when you do not want it read as a declaration.

Daisy, gerbera and aster

In Argentine flower shops, "margarita" (daisy) is used for several different things: the common garden daisy, the gerbera (same family, but much bigger) and the aster. If you ask for daisies and are offered something that looks similar but is not the same, no one is tricking you: they are botanical cousins. We cover the differences in our article on gerberas.

Availability of each flower changes with the season. If you are looking for a specific flower, ask us before ordering and we will confirm whether we have it.