The arbour is used to display climbing plants, many of which would have been popular in Shakespeare’s day. The planting takes its inspiration from a Midsummer Night’s Dream:
“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxslips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk roses and eglantine.”
Botanical Name | Common Names |
Rosa canina inermis | Dog rose |
Rosa eglanteria syn: Rosa rubiginosa | Sweet briar. Eglantine rose |
Rosa moschata | Musk rose |
Rosa multiflora | |
Humulus lupulus | Hop |