Planting Aliens: Science Fiction

Lawyers break the law, doctors all smoke (and hospitals are the most dangerous place to catch something), and people were surprised when they found out that gardeners were actually doing what they claimed? We never said we weren't growing things. We always got the approval of the owners before we did our landscaping. Nurseries happily bought them (and we were so pleased when we realized the translation of "nursery"). I do find the "illegal alien gardeners" jokes in poor taste, but I suppose they were inevitable. And really, it's very important to me for you to understand that only a few of us--the bad apples, as your homily has it--chose to plant child-seeds that would kill you when they hatched.

Inspiration: Thinking about things that do the opposite of what they say, and ended up thinking of one that seems to do exactly what it says.
Story Potential: High.
Notes: Huh. I like this. Something about aliens absorbing information/culture/languages as they grow in plant form, before becoming persons. I don't know if I want this to be just this--told first-person as an alien on a talk-show--or perhaps a longer story with this as a framing device.