Plant Neglect Storytelling Gifts

Journalist in charge of gardening column has dead plant.

'Make sure you pretend to water it.'

'We use to tiptoe through the tulips. . . now we just waddle through the weeds.'

"Ed's tree hugging was out of control."

"I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong."

"Remember that half-dead sansevieria you put out on the balcony back in January of 1994, pal?"

The Last Days of a Hydrangea

Car towing a caravan and a greenhouse.

I grew up vegetarian. Wow. That takes work to stay strong. What motivates you? Hey, lettuce brain! Peer pressure.

The Perfect Garden.

"How long have you felt like a man trapped in the body of an alligator?"

"I suppose, you being a cartoonist, vertical gardening is just another way to get column inches."

'My goodness, is it fall already, Ms. Smyrka?'

"Oh no, Daisy's committing herbicide!"

"My biggest problem is squatters."

"Lily, Rose, this is Violet."

Shamrock refers to young springs of clover or trefoil, the sacred plant to the druids of Ireland...

'Look at me!'

"I see you've laid out your garden."

Bathing Flowers.

'..Wasn't I supposed to offer her an apple or something?'

Flower pot tries to escape to the next balcony.

Woman's flowerpot is a small jungle with a little tribes person.

'I thought she'd never stop talking!'

"I thought you'd like it. It's an orchid. pre-neglected!"

"'Twas always folly, dear cousin. A humble parsnip could never be wed to an aubergine."

'I think one of us must be a plant.'

"So I told her you have to talk to your plants! Show them you care! But you know Fran, it's all in one ear out the other. So finally dessert came..."

"Did you forget to tell anyone to water the garden while we were away?"

Environmentalist.

Dr. Kessler will be with you shortly. Please water the plants and have a seat.

'I think it's a creeper...'

"Guess what - I got tired of the bonsai tree!"

"Harold, are you in here?"

Medical Office Waiting Room. Yeah, I know --- We just can't seem to keep houseplants alive around here.