Seona Anderson 04/05/2024 Seona Anderson 04/05/2024

VIOLET

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, VIOLET: I think the king is but a man as I am. The violet smells to him as it doth to me. The Violet, symbol of spring, hope, new beginnings was important culturally and also in food and medicine.

Seona Anderson 23/04/2024 Seona Anderson 23/04/2024

AZURED HAREBELL

Shakespeare Species, AZURED HAREBELL: I’ll sweeten thy sad grave. Thou shalt not lack… the azured harebell like thy veins. Happy Birthday Shakespeare. The British Bluebell is in full bloom on Shakespeare’s Birthday.

Seona Anderson 19/04/2024 Seona Anderson 19/04/2024

CROWN IMPERIAL

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CROWN IMPERIAL: bold oxlips and crown imperial; lilies of all kinds - O, these I lack to make you garlands of. This stunning flower is native from Turkey to the Himalaya & was a high status garden plant.

Seona Anderson 08/04/2024 Seona Anderson 08/04/2024

CHALICED Flower

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day: And Phoebus gins arise, his steeds to water at those springs on chaliced flowers that lies; there is no definite identification but Globe Flowers are a possibility.

Seona Anderson 05/04/2024 Seona Anderson 05/04/2024

COWSLIP

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, COWSLIP: On her left breast a cinque-spotted mole like the crimson drops i’ th’ bottom of a cowslip. Shakespeare uses this tiny detail of the interior of the smallest flower as part of his metaphor.

Seona Anderson 25/03/2024 Seona Anderson 25/03/2024

LILY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, LILY: like the lily that once was mistress of the field and flourished, I’ll hang my head and perish. Lily are closely associated with Annunciation Day.

Seona Anderson 02/03/2024 Seona Anderson 02/03/2024

PRIMROSE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PRIMROSE: himself the primrose path of dalliance treads and recks not his own rede. The Primrose is a symbol of spring, beauty but in this quote of liberal excess.

Seona Anderson 27/02/2024 Seona Anderson 27/02/2024

DAFFODIL

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, DAFFODIL: When daffodils begin to peer,..why, then comes in the sweet o’ the year. Daffodils as symbols of spring were valued as wild and garden plants.

Seona Anderson 08/11/2023 Seona Anderson 08/11/2023

Marigold & Mary Gold

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MARIGOLD: No, I will rob Tellus of her weed to strew thy green with flowers. The yellows, blues, the purple violets and marigolds