Plants
They contain unrivalled collections of azaleas, camellias, magnolias and many other spring-flowering shrubs and trees. The largest planting of rhododendrons in the world covers 50 acres (200,000 m2) and there are several acres of daffodils. A heather garden of 10 acres (40,000 m2) gives pleasure even in winter.
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Famous quotes containing the word plants:
“He who plants a tree
Plants a hope.”
—Lucy Larcom (1826–1893)
“From the time the Englishman’s bones harden into bones at all, he makes his skeleton a flagstaff, and he early plants his feet like one who is to walk the world and the decks of all the seas.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)
“All plants move, but they don’t usually pull themselves out of the ground and chase you.”
—Philip Yordan (b. 1913)