These days, Hanoi’s famous flower villages such as Nhat Tan and Tay Tuu are filled with the scented wafts of ox-eye daisies in full bloom and the beautiful sight of their yellow to brownish centres with showy white petals.

Farmers harvesting daisies have to wake up early to sell them at the market.

Each bunch of daisies cost from VND20,000 to VND40,000.

The name ‘daisy’ originates from Anglo Saxon ‘day's eyes’ which refers to the opening and closing of the flower throughout the cycle of night and day.