HOW TO PICK FLOWERS 



pumping hard and the plant is working hard to 

 make seed. 



Never forget that a plant's entire life is spent in 

 trying to make seed. The beautiful colors and odors 



SWEET PEAS SHOULD BE PUT INTO COOL WATER. THEY NEED SOME DAINTY 

 FOLIAGE TO BRING OUT THEIR BEAUTY 



of the flowers are not for us but for the bees and 

 insects and ants and humming birds and hawk 

 moths. The plant wants these creatures to come 

 and get the honey so they will spread the powdery 



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