Aspect Quote by Margery Fish

Firmness is great; persistency is greater.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.

— Ralph Fiennes

“It is better to always be firm like grasses lying under the ground if they break you in one place or cut you off…

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Stubbornness is not firmness.

— Friedrich Schiller

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone…

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

“Develop flexibility and you will be firm; cultivate yielding and you will be strong.”

— Liezi

“Gardening is easier and quicker when spacings are correct for different plants.”

— Charles Dowding

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

— Piet Oudolf

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.

— Samuel Johnson

Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of…

— Laozi

Gardening is all about optimism. I put a seed in the ground. I consistently tend it, confident I will see the results, in time,…

— Mary Anne Radmacher

“Small seedlings are often stronger when they grow with company rather than isolation.”

— Charles Dowding