5261 flowers reading comprehension

Name: Class: Date: / / True or false? Tick the correct column Daisies are very popular flowers They are very decorative The flower and the plant have the same name They have a yellow disc floret surrounded by long thin white petals Daisies are herbaceous plants what can reach between forty and sixty cm high They blossom from Spring until the beginning of Winter Daisies grow wild in the field but we can find them in flowerpots and window boxes In ancient Rome, the surgeons who accompanied Roman legions into battle ordered their slaves to pick sacks full of daisies in order to extract their juice TFDaisies have a central white disc floretIt is a very popular flower which grows in parks, fields and balconies Their petals are long, white and thin They only blossom in Winter The plant and the flower didn’t have the same name Romans didn’t know these flowers True or false? Tick the correct column Rose is considered the “queen” of the flowers and it is the most sold flower in the florist’s The plant is called rosebush, the flower is the rose and the fruit is a fleshy berry which contains many small seeds They blossom all over the year There is a wide variety of them Roses not only vary their colour, they can have a different number of petals and even you can find big, medium, small o very tiny roses From them we can get oils for perfumery or medicinal and gastronomic uses Romans already knew these flowers : they have blossomed since Stone Age TFRose is known as the “ princess ” of the flowers They are the most sold flowers Rose is the real name of the plant They only blossom in Summer All the roses have the same size Romans didn’t know these flowers