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Shakespeare Garden

Shakespeare wrote much about plants.  This garden highlights and demonstrates plants referenced in Shakespear’s work along with quotes.

Spike Speedwell Purple

Veronica spicata

Perennial

Spike Speedwell

Veronica spicata 'Sunny Border Blue'

Perennial

Creeping Speedwell

Veronica whitleyi

Perennial

Snowball Cranberry

Viburnum opulus

Shrub

Minuet Weigela

Weigela florida 'Minuet'

Shrub

Shirobana Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Shirobana'

Shrub

Big Betony

Stachys macrantha

Perennial

Common Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

Shrub

Madame Lemoine Lilac

Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'

Shrub

Sensation French Lilac

Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation'

Shrub

Wedgewood Blue Lilac

Syringa vulgaris 'Wedgewood Blue'

Shrub

Tinkerbelle Lilac

Syringa x 'Bailbelle'

Shrub

Bloomerang Lilac

Syringa x 'Penda'

Shrub

Painted Daisy

Tanacetum coccineum

Perennial

Hewitt's Double Meadow Rue

Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double'

Perennial

American Elder, Golden Elder

Sambucus canadensis 'Aurea'

Shrub

Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa spp.

Perennial

Sedum, Stonecrop

Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood'

Ground Cover

Morden Belle

Rosa x 'Morden Belle'

Compact, Shrub Rose

Morden Blush

Rosa x 'Morden Blush'

Compact Shrub Rose

Morden Centennial

Rosa x 'Morden Centennial'

Compact, Upright, Shrub Rose

Blue Queen Salvia

Salvia nermerosa 'Blue Queen'

Perennial

Martin Frobisher

Rosa rugosa x 'Martin Frobisher

Upright Shrub Rose

Adelaide Hoodless

Rosa x 'Adelaide Hoodless'

Shrub Rose, Floribunda, Arching, lax canes that droop outwards.

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Prunus x cistena

Shrub

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