Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ...
a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl.
And the anticipation nurtures our dream.
- Barbara Winkler
None can have a healthy love for flowers unless he loves the wild ones.
- Forbes Watson
A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring.
- William Carlos Williams
Belladonna:
In Italian, a beautiful lady,
In English a deadly poison.
- Ambrose Bierce