Shrubs Quotes (4 quotes)

“It's when the seed grows up that it is known as a tree. Nobody calls the "seedlings" as "trees" and no seedling is ever useful because it doesn't produce fruits! You got to grow up!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

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“The size and height of the tree determines how heavily the ground will shake when it falls. The cassava tree falls and not even the pests in the forest are aware. The baobab tree falls and the whole forest looks empty! Such is human life!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

tags: area, baobab, big-trees, cassava-tree, death, empty, fall, falling, falls, forest, funeral-quotes, grasses, heavy, height, herbs, human-beings, human-life, length, life, life-issues, man, mourn, mourning, pest, pests, shake, shake-the-ground, shrubs, size, small-trees, tree, tress, volume

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“Foxtails
Meaning: Blood of my blood
Ptilotus | Inland Australia

Tjulpun-tjulpunpa (Pit.) are small shrubs that form spikes of purple flowers covered in dense white hairs. Leaves are covered in closely packed star-shaped hairs that slow the rate of water loss. Traditionally, women used the soft furry flowers to line wooden bowls in which babies could be carried.”
― Holly Ringland, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

tags: genus-species, meaning-of-flowers, shrubs

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“Myron settled back behind a shrub. There were lots of shrubs around here. Everywhere one looked. there were shrubs of various sizes and shapes and purposes. Rich blue bloods must really like shrubs, Myron decided. He wondered if they had any on the Mayflower.”
― Harlan Coben, Back Spin

tags: gardening, landscaping, mayflower, rich, shrubs

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