Carnations and Lady Smocks

Carnations and Lady Smocks, two delicate spring and summer flowers that add beauty and colour to a Shakespeare garden.

Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)

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“… the fairest flowers o’ the season

Are our Carnations and streak’d Gillyvors”

 - The Winter’s Tale, Act IV, Scene 3