Some of your grandparents, and maybe parents, may remember a movie titled "Please Don't Eat The Daisies" circa 1960. Well, I'm going to encourage you to EAT the daisy leaves. They are a delicious additive to salads, and as a flavoring to soups and stews. The taste is a concentrated celery flavor. Chewing on the leaves also freshens your breath.
The common ox eye daisy is believed to be another European or Russian alien species.It is now found world-wide. It can be found on the edges of lawns, grassy fields, roadsides and waste places. It is almost never found in pine forests where the soil is acidic. It can easily be cultivated in any flower bed or garden that offers plenty of sun and fairly fertile soil.
Ox-eye daisy is not only edible but it is said to have medicinal properties. The flower's medicinal herb property is said to be a muscle spasm reliever, diuretic, and other blood building claims. It was once used to relieve bronchitis, whooping cough and other lung ailments.
Daisy Tea: To 1 tsp. dried, crushed flowers add 1 cup boiling water, steep for 10 min. strain and sweeten to taste.
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