โBarnaby bright, Barnaby bright;
Longest day and shortest nightโ
St. Barnabasโ Day, 11 June, coincides with the summer solstice in the Old Style calendar. St. Barnabas is a saint invoked to bring peace. His flower is the โMidsummer Daisyโ, the ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
ALT Ox-eye daisies flowering among tall meadow grasses in summer. White petals surround golden-yellow centres, with open blooms and rounded buds scattered through a softly blurred green background.