YEAR OF THE ‘SUPER DAISY’


	YEAR OF THE ‘SUPER DAISY’

valann 47

6-19-2009 2:32 AM

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daisies, botany

valann 47 says:

reminds me of being a child again.

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</P><P class="storycopy">Mia, of Epsom, Surrey, has been busy making daisy chains after weeks of rain followed by intense sun has led to a spectacular display across Britain.</P>                     <P class="storycopy">Botanists say we haven’t seen anything like this for at least 15 years. </P>                     <P class="storycopy">The plentiful rain means their stalks are much longer than usual, which as Mia, four, knows, is perfect for making daisy chains.</P>                     <P class="storycopy">“They are bigger and more vibrant this year,” says Dominic Price, a botanist at the conservation charity Plantlife, in Wiltshire.</P>                     <P class="storycopy">“They are showing the most spectacular growth patterns for the last 15 years.”</P>                     <P class="storycopy">Gardeners will be less happy, however. Nothing, it seems, can keep this year’s “super daisies” down. </P>                     <P class="storycopy">“They are ruining my grass,” said Sam Baker, 51, from Cambridge.</P>                    <P class="storycopy"> “As soon as I have mown the lawn they just grow back again.</P>                     <P class="storycopy">“I don’t like the idea, but I may have to think about weedkiller.”</P></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6B3F5D2C-E294-4731-B13D-1DDA73EDA3A8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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