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

We blame Walt Disney for goldenrod's undeserved bad name. Despite Sneezy's pronouncement, plants such as goldenrod with heavy, insect-carried pollen rarely cause allergic reaction.

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

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

History is everything in gardening: With a site, weather, a particular plant. It solves mysteries. And it's why, when others say, "You can't do that!" you can know with deepest certainty that you can.

I don't rely on muscle power to dig, I use a sharp spade and I wear boots.

The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.