Gretchen got her anniversary centerpieces finished in plenty of time. She sold a few bouquets for dates that evening. Janey, still dressed in her forest green park ranger garb, came to pick her up in time to get the vases over to the Lions Lodge, a premier restaurant with a beautiful banquet room in the back. “The blue one on the far table,” Gretchen told her friend. Janey picked up the appointed piece with white, pink, and orange daisies arranged artfully. Gretchen absolutely loved daisies, and she’d been working for the past year to cross-pollinate her favorite colors to breed a new one. She hadn’t had Dixie and Drew pick any of those, as they held a special place in her heart, and she wanted them to be used for something special. If she were being honest, she wanted the indigo daisies

