When they first took root in the nation's affections, their only friends were a squeaky-voiced flower called Weed and a tetchy tortoise named Slowcoach. But when Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men ...

The purple-haired, punk-looking thistle plays a trick on the flowerpot men. Thistle is obviously being groomed to be the femme fatale of the series. Slow-coach, the tortoise, longs for a bit of ...