Floral Philosopher Gifts

'A rose by any other name means I flunked the botany test.'

Ernie's carrying a clock out to his rose garden! Yeah, he's taking time to smell the flowers!

"I'd like a packet of seeds for a first date, please."

The Busy Gardener

So Close..

"We really need more perennials? Aren't my weeds and crabgrass enough?"

Florabation - '..mmm...It must be spring!'

Cats and gardens.

Water Gardening: One thing is certain - you will find the peace and tranquility of water an almost irresistible attraction.

Why did Ernie take that off his wrist and put it here when he had to leave the kitchen? For safety reasons. A watched pot never boils. Ernie says you are what you eat. It's true in his case. Ernie is just like his food. He is sweet, and has some but not too much spice. Plus there's nothing artificial about him. Also like his food, Ernie is an acquired taste. And to me they have both become irresistibly delicious!

Roses

'Honey, honey, always honey: We'll never get rich unless we can differentiate ourselves from the competition...'

'She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me...'

'A most powerful, moving and scary book - botanists will love it!'

I love what you've done with your hare.

'For heaven's sake Janet - where have you disappeared to now?'

The Last Days of a Hydrangea

The Cactus Reader

Dreaming Of Spring

'Could I just get one that's wine flavored?'

Saguaro Cacti.

'Don't wear that shirt in the garden dear. Roses don't fit in with my planting scheme'

David Attenborough

Man watering with the 'Theory of Natural selection'.

"There's a house-plant round here somewhere."

'It's a growth industry' (tulips from Amsterdam).

Bargeman on a canal boat.

Little Dutch boy tends tulip plant

Bug to bug: 'Do you think there is life on other plants?'

"I might let the window box lay fallow, this season."

"I brought the bougainvillea in from the greenhouse. It wasn't happy out there."

Everything's coming up roses!

Stop and Smell the Roses

The ethics professor weeding his garden.

'I'm letting it lie fallow this year.'