Borders Quote by Gertrude Jekyll

Over the years, the idea seems to have grown up that brightly coloured flowers are vulgar, and that the only flowers to be admitted…

— Craig Brown

For the Flower to blossom, you need the right soil as well as the right seed. The same is true to cultivate good thinking.

— William Bernbach

Flowers are almost perfect; their only flaw is that they are weak; they can't protect themselves against the evil!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm…

— Edward Abbey

Every plant has its fitness and must be placed in its proper surroundings so as to bring out its full beauty. Therein lies the…

— Jens Jensen

I like muddling things up; and if a herb looks nice in a border, then why not grow it there? Why not grow anything…

— Vita Sackville-West

Structure is the most important component in a successful planting; colour is important too but it is a secondary consideration.

— Piet Oudolf

Trees and flowers are so important. The idea of blooming is the idea of becoming something different.

— Alessandro Michele

The nature of this flower is to bloom.

— Alice Walker

It's always nice to get fresh flowers.

— Rande Gerber

I don't make proper flower arrangements; mine just grow, like the garden.

— Tasha Tudor

There is no such thing as a Flower Police, so please feel free to experiment. Or stick with one type of flower; for instance,…

— Clinton Smith