Mum’s Daisies
My mum and dad loved their garden. They tended it lovingly, planting all sorts of flowers and shrubs, including some lovely daisies that were mums pride and joy. She loved them and they grew in abundance.
This photo was taken on August 4th 1984. It was mums last birthday and we organized a garden party, inviting everyone that had ever meant anything to her. The sun shone all day and though mum was very ill, she kept smiling and chatting throughout. Mum always did.
Here’s mum, sitting next to her daisies.
After she had passed away my sister Sandie took a small clump of the daisies, because mum loved them so much, and planted it in her garden hoping it would survive the upheaval. It did.
Sandie has moved house three times since then, and each time she has taken a small clump of the daisies to plant in her new garden, and each time they’ve thrived.
Last year she gave a clump to us and Mo planted it in our front garden.
I bet mum would never have thought that 25 years on her beloved daisy plant would have journeyed to so many different parts of the UK and still be going strong.
Every time I look out the window and see them, I think of mum.
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Jaffer
| 27 September 2009 at 1:25
A lovey story Babs – a great tribute to mum I must say !
Michelle Gartner
| 27 September 2009 at 1:34
Really lovely and gives me new eyes towards daisies… my husband planted a bunch this year, he received from a family firend and I didn’t care for them much. Maybe now I will think of them as Mom’s (for me) daisies.
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Jeff
| 27 September 2009 at 2:43
I love that fact that you have your mum’s daisies in your garden. What a beautiful way to remember her. Very sweet post.
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Sniffie and the Florida Furkids
| 27 September 2009 at 3:38
What a wonderful way to remember your Mum! The daisies are beautiful!
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Roschelle
| 27 September 2009 at 12:34
What a beautiful story and lovely daisies to remember your mum. And yes the daisies are gorgeous.
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Leigh
| 27 September 2009 at 14:29
That’s wonderful that the daisy have survived, and traveled so far! A wonderful tribute to her!
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Metz
| 27 September 2009 at 16:54
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Daisy the Curly Cat
| 27 September 2009 at 18:16
I think there is a reason those flowers have thrived. And I will bet you think of your mom whenever you see those pretty flowers.
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beetle
| 27 September 2009 at 21:27
Jaffer: Thanks Jaffer
Michelle: Yes, look at them as special and you will grow to love them I’m sure.
Jeff: Who would have thought they would last for 25 years, and maybe another 25
Sniffle & the Florida kids: I have grown to really love daisies, I must say.
Roschelle: Although mum grew many different flowers, it’s the daisies that remind me of her.
Leigh: They started their life right down in the South of England and are now thriving up in the Midlands
Metz: My prayers are with all of the people that are suffering in this terrible disaster.
Daisy: You know, I think you are right Daisy, on both counts. It doesn’t matter where I see those white daisies growing, I think of mum and smile inside.
granny grimble
| 28 September 2009 at 0:25
I too had these growing in my garden in Kent, and when I moved to Sheffield bought a clump with me. They thrived here through thick and thin for thirteen years. I lost them this year when I had my garden reorganized. For the first time ever they failed to appear. I do miss them, and will have to ask you Babs for some more when they have stopped blooming. Incidently, last year my eldest son took a root from my garden and put it in his Aston garden. It took so now Mum’s granson has her daisies (which by the way are called Marguerites) in his garden as well. He calls them Grannies flowers too.
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Tracy
| 28 September 2009 at 2:09
What a lovely memory.The daisies are beautiful!
Barb - WillThink4Wine
| 28 September 2009 at 11:35
Your Mom must be very pleased to look down and see this profusion of her Daisies!
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JD at I Do Things
| 28 September 2009 at 13:14
Oh, what a lovely story — and your daisies are BEAUTIFUL! Believe it or not, I’ve never had luck with daisies. What a wonderful way to remember your mum.
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Jenn Thorson
| 28 September 2009 at 15:12
Isn’t that a nice way to remember her and keep a little something alive!
Jay
| 28 September 2009 at 17:47
How lovely! And the daisies themselves are lovely, too! They’re so summery, aren’t they?
I think it’s a wonderful idea to keep a little bit of your Mum with you, wherever you go. I’m sure she would have been tickled – and perhaps happy too that her beloved daisies were still being cared for by family.
beetle
| 28 September 2009 at 18:21
Granny Grimble: Oh yes, I’d forgotten they were called Marguerites
Tracy: Yes, I think they brighten up a gargen in themselves, but made better by the memories
Barb: It would be nice to think that she was looking down on them and smiling.
JD: Maybe you would have had more luck if your neighbour had brought them round for you
Jenn: We bought a beautiful rose bush in her memory but somehow a part of her very own plant seems so much better.
Jay: Yes, I believe she would be happy. She had so many, more exotic plants, but she so loved the daisies. Sometimes it’s the simple things that mean the most.
Jackie
| 28 September 2009 at 19:28
This is absolutely breath taking! I love daisies too. they are among my very favorite flowers. My mother was avid gardener too but I didn’t develop a green thumb until way late in life.
But, I do still have an ivy that has pieces of it from a plant sent to both my dad’s and my mom’s funerals. it is a treasure.
I can’t wait until Walter retires and we can have wildflowers such as these growing. It’s impossible right now for me here alone because of snakes.
This is a wonderful post and your flowers are incredible!!
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Maureen
| 28 September 2009 at 23:38
Aw, that is wonderful Babs! What a great way to remember her. She would be so thrilled I am sure, so see both her daughter and her flowers thriving together.
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Swubird
| 29 September 2009 at 1:11
A very touching story Babs, especially in today’s world where children could care less about their parents.
Happy trails.
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Kathy
| 29 September 2009 at 10:45
Your mum had the special touch, and that’s why they still thrive. They will always be your Forever Flowers.
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beetle
| 29 September 2009 at 14:59
Jackie: I used to love gardening too. Sadly, not much grows in our large garden here. We have bad drainage and the ground is too wet
Maureen: Yes, she would be thrilled. I wonder how many more years this plant could go on.
Swubird: That is a sad fact in some cases, though thankfully not every family
Kathy: Oh yes, she certainly did have the ’special touch’ in most things, and people, she came into contact with
Spicybugz
| 29 September 2009 at 22:01
What a lovely tribute to your mum. Those daisies are gorgeous.
Ruth
| 30 September 2009 at 0:33
All those upturned mum faces! I love it. There are so many ways to recognize the life of our loves.
beetle
| 30 September 2009 at 4:12
Spicybugs: They did do well in just one year. We were very pleased.
Ruth: How sweet! Yes they are like little upturned faces
LizzyT
| 30 September 2009 at 9:53
My mum loved her garden too. What a lovely story and what a lovely way to remember your mum.
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Kat
| 30 September 2009 at 10:27
What a beautiful story, Babs.
Excellent idea, Sandie!
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Chris
| 30 September 2009 at 11:24
I love the thought of you and your sister having your mom’s daisies growing at your home. I have a calla lily from my grandma’s after she passed away that I’ve had for 15 years. I just gave a start of it to my nephew and his wife for their first home. I know grandma is smiling down knowing her plant lives on in her oldest grandson’s new home. Wonderful story about you and your mom.
Rosie
| 30 September 2009 at 13:44
That is such a wonderful idea! I remember giving my gran a rose bush when I was younger and she loved it, it went pride of place in her garden and I remember it flourishing year after year. Its what I remember most about her garden. How I wish that after she passed away I had taken the bush and kept it, it would certainly have reminded me of fun times as the daisies do for you.
beetle
| 30 September 2009 at 21:25
LizzyT: Yes, it doesn’t matter where I see them growing now, I think of mum
Kat: I think all of us girls have them in our garden, except my sister who lives in Spain.
Chris: It is a lovely way to remember mums and grandmas. each spring we can wait for the first blooms
Rosie: Couldn’t you get another one and plant it in her memory? I’m sure it would still mean the same to you each time you looked at it.
LadyBanana
| 1 October 2009 at 20:50
They are really beautiful daisies and a wonderful way to rember your Mum.
I have a plant which I got from my parents home many years ago, it just grows and grows and has little offshoots which I have re-potted into more pots..
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meleah rebeccah
| 2 October 2009 at 20:30
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I love that your mum’s flowers are STILL thriving!! What a beautiful post.
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beetle
| 3 October 2009 at 12:37
LadyBanana: It is nice to have something that’s living to remember our loved ones by.
Meleah: Yes, 25 years is a long time eh?