The umbels of the Wayfaring Tree are just starting to open in the hedgerows. They are so-named because they grow alongside roads and footpaths.
In her "flower fairy" poems Cicely Mary Barker writes:
"My shoots are tipped with buds as dusty-grey
As ancient pilgrims toiling on their way.
Like Thursday’s child with far to go, I stand,
All ready for the road to Fairyland."
