Gardeners love Gerbera daisies. Their bright, colorful flowers are commonly used in containers or as bedding plants. Gerberas are native to South Africa and are members of the aster family.

Scalesia atractyloides Arn. is the Latin plant name, but scientists have chosen to call it Darwin's giant daisies, which is a little more manageable to pronounce for most of us.

Flatiron gawkers couldn’t miss the giant 18-foot-tall daisies being erected in the new traffic plaza next to Madison Square Park yesterday. Was this more public art, to go along with the strange ...