You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something.

Low care is what we do while on our knees. Smart care is what makes the growing easier.

There are far too many self esteem problems in the world as it is. No sense taking on plant guilt, too.

You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape.

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.

If you cut a shrub back because it's just too big, and it dies, you haven't lost anything but a plant that couldn't live by your rules.

Take care with manufactured chemicals, certainly. Your safety and long term health are more important than anything. Yet don't forget that if you grow even a dozen different plants, you are surrounded by chemistry. Inside their cells even the most ordinary plants creates potent fungicides, insecticides, irritants, balms, hallucinogens, sedatives, nerve toxins, cell repair stimulants, lures, repellents... you name it. Treat all plants with respect!