Shakespeare Gardens: Design, Plants, and Flower Lore

17th century Allium Anemone arbor autumn balm beautiful bloom blue botanical name branches brick broom buds bulbs called camomile Campion carnation cold frame color cowslip crocus cultivated delight double and single dried edging eglantine Elizabethan English feet high flower beds folkname foot high fragrance gentian Gilliflower green grew hardy hedges herb herbal herbalists hybrid Hypericum hyssop iris John Gerard John Parkinson knots knotted gardens lavender leaves lily lovely low growing Lychnis mallow marjoram Meadow medicinal midsummer mullein native nurseries officinalis old varieties orchard oxlip pale Parkinson describes Perdita petals pink plants poppies pretty primrose pruned purple flowers Queen roots Rosa rosa alba rosemary roses saffron salt hay savory says Sea Holly seedlings shade Shakespeare garden shrub smell sown indoors species spring stalk stamens summer sweet scented Sweet Woodruff tall thyme tree tulip vine white flowers wild winter Winter's Tale woad woody wormwood wrote yellow flowers