Wednesday, November 18, 2015

The Shakespearean Garden @ Astoria Library

In the coming weeks - I'll be posting pictures and quotes about the plants in our library's Shakespearean themed garden. A preliminary list of the plants we've identified (wild and cultivated) follows here:


balm
cabbage
carnation
carrot
cherry
columbine
daffodil
daisy
flower-de-luce (iris)
garlic
gillyvor (carnation)
grass herb of grace (rue)
holly
holy thistle honeysuckle
ivy
lavender
leek
lettuce
lily
love-in-idleness (pansy)
mace
mallows marybud (marigold)
mint
mistletoe
moss
onion
pansy
parsley
pea
plane tree
potato
radish
rhubarb
rose
rosemary
strawberry
thyme
turnip
violet
woodbine (honeysuckle)
wormwood