“Sometimes every element would be right, and the flower just plumb refused to grow.
That wasn't ever a problem in the Wish Garden. Didn't matter if they were heat-loving or shade dwellers, tropical, hardy annuals, or perennials. Through snow or mud, you could plant anything you wanted in there, and a hundred different varieties would bloom year-round. Fireworks of chrysanthemums next to feathery breadseed poppies. Prairie smoke flowers that could've been characters in a Dr. Seuss book intertwined with ranunculus that swirled like cupcake frosting.”