Text by Helen Brown Gentry photographs by Sally Tagg

You probably know what your horoscope sign is, but have you ever wondered about your flower sign?

Florascope (Bateman, New Zealand and Warwick, North America) takes a stroll through life’s garden to discover your inner blossom. Here’s a posy of personality traits for you to share with friends but if you want the full flower bed you’ll have to buy the book (hardback, lavishly illustrated and available from Amazon.com)

Tiger lily
(21 March-19 April)
Aries
Vivid exhibitionist, supercharged, courageous and determined

A natural leader, you’re born to leave a mark, whether from sticky pollen stamens or dazzling achievements in the theatrical world.

Magnolia
(20 April-20 May)
Taurus
Calm and loving, sensual, careful long term thinker

The Magnolia personality is willing to wait for the best. You thrive in a rich compost of home comforts.

Passion Flower
21 May- 20 June
Gemini
Insatiably curious, fast moving, blessed with easy charm and wit

Restless Passion Flower yearns for exotic jungles over the back fence. You may dismiss humble herbs due to a low boredom threshold

Lotus
21 June 22 July
Cancer
Compassionate, complex, deeply loving

You could float away over the horizon if not earthed with home cooking, sensible walking shoes and supermarket shopping lists.

Sunflower
23 July -22 August
Leo
Fun loving, sexy, revels in stardom

Friendly Sunflower beams kindness and loyalty across the plant kingdom.

Tulip
23 August-22 September
Virgo
Perfectionist, sensitive, explosively sensuous

Gentle and refined, you care for others at the deepest level

Rose
23 September-22 October
Libra
Sophisticated, romantic, occasionally prickly

You thrive in harmonious environments free of weedy piles of dishes. Rich mulches of admiration and devotion are required

Cactus Flower
23 October-21 November
Scorpio
Mysterious, enthusiastic, unshockable

In matters relating to the bedroom you are known to be hot as high noon in Texas.

Bird of Paradise
22 November-21 December
Sagittarius
Happy go lucky, open and generous, a wild flower at heart

Poised on an elegant stalk you reach for the heavens, pondering spiritual and philosophical matters.

Chrysanthemum
22 December -19 January
Capricorn
Highly successful, quality to the core, a loyal friend

You are an intelligent realist supported by a woody stem of practical know how.

Orchid
20 January-18 February
Aquarius
Inspirational, thoughtful, radical

Naturally scientific, you take a global view and are never bigoted or narrow minded

Poppy
19 February – 20 March
Creative, compassionate, escapist

You enjoy shedding the trappings of conventional life and going wild.