Songs about Plants

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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
  • Sweet potato by Sia

Cucurbitaceae

  • Watermelon Crawl by Tracy Bryd

Ebenaceae

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

Fabaceae

  • Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells

Fagaceae

  • Little Acorns by The White Stripes
  • Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel

Juncacaea

  • 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
  • Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel : "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme"
  • Wild Sage by The Mountain Goats

Lauraceae

  • Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young
  • 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

Nelumbonaceae

  • Lotus by R.E.M.

Poaceae

  • Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "That's sugarcane that tasted good. That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood."

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 The Cardigans

Salicaceae

  • Underneath the weeping willow by Grandaddy