Insects leave (Madagascar periwinkle) Catharanthus roseus out of their diets. So, for that matter, do deer. The reason is that the plants are loaded with alkaloids so potent that they are the source of vincristine and vinblastine. These are drugs… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason to practice it in the garden. — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
Show me a person without prejudice of any kind on any subject and I'll show you someone who may be admirably virtuous but is… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
Am I accurately reporting what I see in such a blossom? The answer is no ... and yes. — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
Crabgrass is aptly descriptive of this hated weed, for it does scuttle quickly through a lawn. — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
Of course, the character of my garden is also determined by things beyond any human decision, mine or anyone else's. — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
I suppose that for most people one of the darker joys of gardening is that once you've got started it's not at all hard… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
An angel, legend has it, took pity on a little shepherd girl who had nothing to give to the Infant Jesus in his manger.… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
Whether the are splashed with gold or white, striped with chartreuse or cream, or margined in light tones, they are nature's weaklings, and nature… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
Insects leave (Madagascar periwinkle) Catharanthus roseus out of their diets. So, for that matter, do deer. The reason is that the plants are loaded… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
The gardens I love best are those that are still affectionately tended by the people who own them and who made them - who… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France, had such an aversion to roses that she could not stand seeing one even in… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at me a… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
