Shakespeare Garden

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

Adelaide Hoodless

Rosa x 'Adelaide Hoodless'

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

American Elder, Golden Elder

Sambucus canadensis 'Aurea'

Shrub

Bearded Iris

Iris germanica

Rhizome

Beardtongue

Penstemon spp.

Perennial

Bee Balm Red

Monarda spp.

Perennial

Big Betony

Stachys macrantha

Perennial

Blazing Star, Gayfeather

Liatris spicata 'Kobold'

Perennial

Bloomerang Lilac

Syringa x 'Penda'

Shrub

Blue Queen Salvia

Salvia nermerosa 'Blue Queen'

Perennial

Boulder Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca 'Boulder blue'

Perennial Grass

Brandon Pink Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Brandon Pink'

Perennial

Bridal Wreath Spirea

Spiraea prunifolia

Shrub

Burning Bush Fire Ball

Euonymus alatus 'Select'

Shrub

Columbine

Aquilegia spp.

Perennial

Common Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

Shrub

Concorde Japanese Barberry

Berberis thunbergii 'Concorde'

Shrub

Cream Puff Shasta Daisy

Leucanthemum superbum 'Cream Puff'

not entered, check survival

Creeping Speedwell

Veronica whitleyi

Perennial

Diabolo Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo'

Shrub

Dwarf Delphinium, Chinese Larkspur, Siberian larkspur

Delphinium grandiflorum 'Blue Butterfly'

Perennial

Endless Summer Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer'

Shrub

Evans Cherry

Prunus cerasus 'Evans'

Fruit Tree

Fall Aster, Michaelmas Daisy

Aster spp.

Perennial

Firefly Nightglow DiervillaBush Honeysuckle

Diervilla splendens 'El Madrigal'

Shrub

Fireside Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius 'UMNHarpell'

Shrub