I understand your sentiment and point of view blessed, plants can be very inspirational and a wonder of nature to behold.
When I use the the flowers, that is me communing with my plants after their life force has left them they then get the chance to live again and be able to see and hear what I see and I also get to see it through their influence, right there right then we become one and share a different view of the world together.
There is no life and death so to speak only a transference of energy, energy cannot be destroyed , only become a different energy in a new form rising from the ashes like a pheonix.