"When you cut flowers and try to find the appropriate vase to put them in to bring outside beauty into your home, you quickly discover that each flower is its own universe, and it has its own demands. Not merely a combination of stem, a few leaves, petals, stamen, and pistils, a flower is a three-dimensional essence distilled from the species’ genetic material that attracts not only bees but also somehow the gardener’s heart and soul and then very soon the gardener’s mind."
from my "The Garden: Perennial Reflections on Beginnings and Ends" Chapter 4 Beautiful Flowers
