A true bouquet of spring with more charm and blessings than I can sing of. The kind of bouquet when offered that would make me want to get married!

I've been trying to think up what that mystery flower might be, leafing through my wild-flower books, as if I might have seen it before; but it is most likely only indigenous to North America, so then my North-West European guide books are of no help. Desperate to find out now! (Will try with a resteem.) No fawn-lilies, shooting stars and Indian warriors in my neck of the woods: they make it sound like you live in a fairytale land.

First time I'm jealous of an American (couple): all those different regions in one country, to call "your own" and travel to and fro, from one extreme to the next, searching out the temperate in between, all with (relative?!) ease (at least no need for a passport - although I guess even gardeners need some kind of ID in the USA).