“Plants are the original chemists. Their sophistication makes DuPont and Monsanto look like little kids with chemistry sets.” LooksLittlesKidsOriginalsPlantChemistryLittle KidSophisticationChemistMonsanto Author:Allen Lacy
“Insects leave (Madagascar periwinkle) Catharanthus roseus out of their diets. So, for that matter, do deer. The reason is that the plants are loaded with alkaloids so potent that they are the source of vincristine and vinblastine. These are drugs important in routines of chemotherapy for treating Hodgkin's disease and certain forms of leukemia.” ImportantMatterReasonFormCertainSourceDrugDiseasePlantDietsInsectsLoadedDeerChemotherapyLeukemiaMadagascarPeriwinkle Author:Allen Lacy
“I cannot walk into our garden without constantly being reminded of the friends who have shared their plants.” WalksGardenPlant Author:Allen Lacy
“Whether the are splashed with gold or white, striped with chartreuse or cream, or margined in light tones, they are nature's weaklings, and nature is still a matter of survival of the fittest. The survival of variegated plants depends on human intervention.” HumansStillsMatterLightWhiteDependsSurvivalGoldPlantToneCreamInterventionSurvival Of The FittestChartreuse Author:Allen Lacy
“When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at me a little funny for using big words in a dead language - or in the kind of horticultural Esperanto that botanical names make up.” IfsNeedsLooksKindLittlesSometimesUseBigsNamesLanguagePlantLatinPreciseLook At MeEsperanto Author:Allen Lacy
“We can plant to suit the needs of the birds and other wildlife that find a haven and a habitat on our home ground, and we can understand that to do so is a moral dictate, not a personal whim.” NeedsHomeMoralHavensBirdPlantSuitsWildlifeWhimHabitat Author:Allen Lacy