green fingers

American  

plural noun

British Informal.

1. green thumb.

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green fingers British  

plural noun

1. US and Canadian equivalent: green thumb.  considerable talent or ability to grow plants

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Etymology

Origin of green fingers

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Well you're not cursed and you don't need particularly green fingers for your to foliage to thrive, you just need to know where you might be going wrong, experts say.

From BBC

Appropriately for a goalkeeper, Middleton-Patel has green fingers, with tomato plants her favourites.

From BBC

Then in late June, the flowers finally gave way to a mass of curled green fingers: the unmistakable shape of bananas in a bunch.

From Los Angeles Times

But Shreim wasn't born with green fingers: he learned how to set up greenhouses by watching YouTube videos and has gathered tips and tricks from other farmers.

From Reuters

To give her green fingers a helping hand she's using hi-tech sensors, which can show whether her plants need water, sunlight or a different temperature.

From BBC