That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth.
I might have missed my calling as an editor. In the spring, the sight of my empty garden beds gives me the horticultural equivalent of writers' block: So much space! So many plants to choose among, and yet none of them seem quite right!
A garden is a complex of aesthetic and plastic intentions; and the plant is, to a landscape artist, not only a plant - rare, unusual, ordinary or doomed to disappearance - but it is also a color, a shape, a volume or an arabesque in itself.
I grow herbs near the back door, and you can grow a wonderful selection of herbs and window boxes... My idea is that you should grow what you eat. There's no point in growing something like celeriac - which is very difficult to grow - if you hate it.
The cottage garden; most for use designed, Yet not of beauty destitute.
Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it.
There are few plants that are ugly. It's how you use them that may not be pretty.
As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.
The fabric of a garden is determined as much by its textures as by its tonal range and architectural flair.
