Aww, Deborah ... come on down!
I've always planted flowers to be enjoyed by whoever views them! Now, don't get me wrong I wouldn't want so many folks taking flowers that there were none left for me but if a snipped bloom or two from plants in my garden help make someones day a little better ... well, all the better!
My sister and her family were visiting us many years ago when their daughter (who is now almost 47 years old) was about five or six at the time. We were outside when my niece walked over to one area of the yard and picked a flower. Her mother told her that she better not pick any more of Aunt Linda's flowers or that I'd give her a spanking! I laughed out loud and said "Flowers are for picking" and explained to my little niece that although it's okay to pick flowers in Aunt Linda's yard, she should never do it in other peoples yards without asking first.
