"In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone." - Gertrude Jekyll

Sometimes, it is better to admit defeat early on...to realize that you will never be a modern-day Gertrude Jekyll...that the warning signs were there the day your echinopsis spachiana slowly started to lose color from top to base...and that the best thing would be to stop the mindless seed slaughter and buy some porcelain plants instead.