DAMSON
Plants, Trees, Damson, Fruit Seona Anderson Plants, Trees, Damson, Fruit Seona Anderson

DAMSON

Shakespeare Species Damson: my wife desired some damsons and made me climb, with danger of my life. Damsons, along with Plums, Greengages, Bullaces and Sloes are still valued for their fruits.

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MULBERRY
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MULBERRY

Shakespeare Species Mulberry: Now humble as the ripest mulberry that will not hold the handling. Black Mulberry was being grown in Britain by the mid 16th century. The native range is unclear because it has been cultivated in many countries since antiquity for fruit.

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PLUM
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PLUM

Shakespeare Species Plum: the mellow plum doth fall, the green sticks fast. Shakespeare includes several references to Plums and Prunes, as food as also as metaphors.

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CHERRY
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CHERRY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CHERRY: O, how ripe in show thy lips, those kissing cherries, tempting grow. Cherries symbolising lips is a regular image in Shakespeare’s works.

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HONEYSUCKLE
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HONEYSUCKLE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, HONEYSUCKLE: So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle gently entwist. Honeysuckle is a sweet scented climber which grows wild or in gardens.

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ELDER
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ELDER

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, ELDER: Judas was hanged on an elder. Shakespeare quotes the English tradition that Judas killed himself on an Elder which gave the tree a negative association.

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ELM
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ELM

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, ELM: You are an elm, my husband, I a vine. Vines supported by elms appears as an image in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Look out for the winged Samara fruits of elm in spring.

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HAWTHORN
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HAWTHORN

Shakespeare Species Hawthorn: Like a many of these lisping hawthorn buds that come like women in men’s apparel. Happy May Day! The Hawthorn is also know as the May Bush or Mayflower.

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BLOSSOM
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BLOSSOM

Shakespeare Species, BLOSSOM: But, poor, old man, thou prun’st a rotten tree which cannot so much as a blossom yield. Blossom, the act of blooming or the flowers of trees including fruit trees, symbolises youth, the promise of fruifulness, innocence and beauty.

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PALM
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PALM

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PALM: for saints have hands that pilgrims hands to touch, and palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss. Palm Sunday makes the start of Christian Holy Week.

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BOX
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BOX

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, BOX: Get you all three into the boxtree. Malvolio’s coming down this walk. Box was been used as a decorative shrub in formal gardens but there are also wild Box woodlands in the UK.

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ASH
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ASH

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, ASH: whereagainst my grained ash an hundred times hath broke. Ash is a magnificent tree and a valued timber but UK populations are being destroyed by Ash Dieback.

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SYCAMORE
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SYCAMORE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, SYCAMORE: where underneath the grove of sycamore…so early walking did I see your son. Sycamores were late entries to Britain but are widely naturalised.

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BIRCH
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BIRCH

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, BIRCH: having bound up the threat’ning twigs of birch only to stick it in their children’s sight for terror not to use. The Birch has a wide range of uses other than punishment.

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BEECH
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BEECH

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, BEECH: And a broad beech, thereby hangs a tale - heigh ho! The majestic beech provides habitat and food for a wide range of wildlife.

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MEDLAR
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MEDLAR

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MEDLAR: you’ll be rotten ere you be half ripe, that is the right virtue of the medlar. Medlars were a popular fruit of Shakespeare’s world but they have fallen out of fashion.

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