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Midsummer
A midsummer's eve bouquet of magical flowers!
June 24th
"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine."
~ A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare, 1605
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Enjoy these traditional flowers and plants associated with midsummer madness and fairy visitations in high summer!
Click a flower for more flower and fairy folklore.
Cuckoo Plant
Ardour
Other common names
Primrose
Young Love, Early youth, I can't live without you
Other common names
Oxlips
Violet, Blue
Love, Faithfulness
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Eglantine
Poetry, I Wound to Heal
Other common names
European Sweetbrier
Sunflower (tall)
Pride, Appreciation
Other common names
Wild Pansy (Purple & Yellow)
Forget Me Not
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Love in Idleness, Johnny Jump up, heartsease, heart's ease, heart's delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood
Midsummer (St. John's Eve)
Other common names
Thyme
Activity
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