Chinese Quote by Robert Fortune

A chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell.

— Anonymous

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of…

— Robert Fortune

Every year, in November, at the season that follows the hour of the dead, the crowning and majestic hours of autumn, I go to…

— Maurice Maeterlinck

The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted…

— Robert Fortune

The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have…

— Robert Fortune

My favourite plant is the foxglove. I think they are a perfect balance between being a garden plant and a wild plant, as at…

— Clive Anderson

Some brave chrysanthemums still stood in the country gardens, but they looked like bedraggled survivors of a battle, barely able to hold their tattered…

— Patricia Moyes

“Without their chloroplasts plants would be left like the rest of us, to eat what they find. Instead they hold out their green palms…

— Rob Dunn

The trees which are pruned, watered and nurtured by caring hands bear the greatest fruits; it is the same with people.

— Bryant H. McGill

What I have learned from working with plants over the years is that the big leafed plants are the best to absorb the energy…

— Doreen Virtue

I don't mind Silk plants. I actually think they are very practical if you kill plants like I do. I have the best sources…

— Jill Zarin

There are a number of companies in the area who do artificial foliage very well-- but I'd compare it to when you go to…

— Shane Pliska