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 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 13/04/2024 Seona Anderson 13/04/2024

LADY-SMOCKS

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, LADY-SMOCKS: And lady-smocks all silver-white…do paint the meadows with delight. The Lady-smocks or Cuckooflower is a beautiful spring flower which feeds Orange-tip butterflies & used to be used as an edible spring green by people.

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 02/04/2024 Seona Anderson 02/04/2024

(Fritillaria)

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, (Fritillaria); a purple flower sprung up, checkered with white. Shakespeare uses the new garden plant in an updated version of the Adonis myth of metamorphosis.

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.