I am with you, @danielshortell! I had a friend that told me that she only cuts flowers from her own bushes once she feels they have reached the phase where they begin dying. Her theory is that if she brings them indoors, she can bring the connection she has with that plant into the home and admire the beauty until the very end. In some ways, it makes sense.

She is the first person that has given me an answer that showed she really thought of the plant. Most other people just tell me that they want the beauty for themselves with no regard to the plant it came from. Unfortunately, that seems indicative of other problems in our society, but I digress...