They make the world more beautiful 2. Flowers smell good. Good smells make you happier. Flowers are one of the few seasonal harbingers we still keep with us - even if they are simply from the florist we pass on the way to work. Daffodils in spring and roses in summer, the season of chrysanthemums for Mother's day or gladdies at Christmas.
Flowers are at least a hint of the world of nature out of doors.
Flowers make you garden healthier. Flowers can also be made into pesticides - see pyrethrum and marigold or feverfew sprays in Chapter . You never feel poor if you have bunches of flowers to give away and masses through your house 6. A well designed flower bed should be able to grow most of its own fertility - especially if it isn't heavily harvested with nutrients taken away in the form of armloads of flowers. Flowers lead to seeds - to replant your garden 8.