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Songs about plants

Songs are listed alphabetically, by family.

Amaryllidaceae

• Daffodil's Lament by The Cranberries : "And the daffodils looked lovely today"

Apiaceae

• Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel : "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme"
• The King of Carrot Flowers by Neutral Milk Hotel : "When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers"

Apocynaceae

• Oleander by Sarah Harmer : "Oleander, Oleander, Will you bloom again this spring?"

Arecaceae

• Coconut (Lime in the Coconut) by Harry Nilsson : "Put de lime in de coconut, and drink 'em both up"

Convolvulaceae

• Morning Glory by Oasis : "What's the story morning glory, well"
• Sweet potato by Sia : "She cooks you sweet potato, you don't like aubergine"

Cucurbitaceae

• Watermelon Crawl by Tracy Bryd : "We got a hundred gallons of sweet red wine, made from the biggest watermelons on the vine"

Ebenaceae

• Persimmon by Bunt : "This persimmon, peeling the skin from soft and ripened flesh..."

Fabaceae

• Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells : "Crimson and clover, over and over"

Fagaceae

• Little Acorns by The White Stripes : "Once I broke my problems into small pieces, I was able to carry them, just like those acorns, one at a time"
• Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Oak Tree, I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest..."

Juncaceae

• Green grow the rushes by R.E.M. : "Green grow the rushes go, The compass points the workers home"

Lamiaceae

• Catnip Dream by Shonen Knife : "Catnip is a kitty cat drug..."
• Pennyroyal Tea by Nirvana : "Sit and drink pennyroyal tea, distill the life that's inside of me"
• Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel : "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme"
• Wild Sage by The Mountain Goats : "And along the highway, from cast-off innumerable seeds, wild sage growing in the weeds"

Lauraceae

• Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young : "I could be happy, the rest of my life, with a cinnamon girl"
• Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "That's sugarcane that tasted good. That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood."

Liliaceae

• Tip-toe through the tulips by Tiny Tim : "Come tiptoe through the tulips with me"

Muscaceae

• Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson : "Maybe we could sleep in, I'll make you banana pancakes, pretend like it's the weekend now"

Nelumbonaceae

• Lotus by R.E.M. : "I ate the lotus. Say haven't you noticed?"

Poaceae

• Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "That's sugarcane that tasted good. That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood."
• Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Golden Wheat, I would if I could but I cannot I know, I need all my grain to prosper and grow"

Pontederiacae

• Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "Water hyacinth, named by a poet, Imitation of life"

Rosaceae

• Peaches by Presidents of the USA : "Peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man, in a factory downtown"
• Strawberry fields forever by The Beatles (okay, really about a place, not the fruit)
• Black horse and the cherry tree by KT Tunstall : "I came across a place in the middle of nowhere, with a big black horse and a cherry tree"
• Roses by Outcast : "But lean a little bit closer, See that roses really smell like poo-oo-ooo"

Rutaceae

• Coconut (Lime in the Coconut) by Harry Nilsson : "Put de lime in de coconut, and drink 'em both up"
• Lemon Tree by Fool's Garden : "Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky, and all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree"

Salicaceae

• Underneath the weeping willow by Grandaddy : "I want to sleep, underneath the weeping willow, as it crys all night quietly"