I'm a florist and I can confirm that daffodils should not be put in with other flowers. The cut stems leak a latex sap which can block up other flowers stems so that they can't drink.
The red and white flowers story is an old one. Some grandmothers are horrified when brides want red and white bouquets.
I don't know where the May blossom story comes from, but I remember as a child living with Grannie and coming home with a bunch of may I'd picked. I was only allowed to have it on a windowsill outside, not indoors as it was bad luck.
Wasnt there a thing about bluebells not being brought into the house too? My step sis was devestated when her granny wouldnt accept the bluebells she had picked for her
By the way, i know they are endangered and we dont pick them now,i wouldnt dream of it
I thought it was Foxgloves because they give off a smidgeon (as micro micro scopic) of digitalis raising pulse rate - Victorians deemed it not only Bad Luck but believed they bought death into a house - Sorry to be so cheerful! Just in passing learnt this morning that if you plant thyme (say in a square bed) around lettuces it deters slugs.
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I'm a florist and I can confirm that daffodils should not be put in with other flowers. The cut stems leak a latex sap which can block up other flowers stems so that they can't drink.
The red and white flowers story is an old one. Some grandmothers are horrified when brides want red and white bouquets.
I don't know where the May blossom story comes from, but I remember as a child living with Grannie and coming home with a bunch of may I'd picked. I was only allowed to have it on a windowsill outside, not indoors as it was bad luck.
By the way, i know they are endangered and we dont pick them now,i wouldnt dream of it
I thought it was Foxgloves because they give off a smidgeon (as micro micro scopic) of digitalis raising pulse rate - Victorians deemed it not only Bad Luck but believed they bought death into a house - Sorry to be so cheerful! Just in passing learnt this morning that if you plant thyme (say in a square bed) around lettuces it deters slugs.