| Pals |
| BFFs |
| Bros |
| Chums |
| Amigos |
| Friends |
| Tater eyes |
| Close pals |
| Potato eyes |
| Blooms-to-be |
| Chummy group |
| Spring forms |
| Future roses |
| Good friends |
| Taste makers? |
| Future blooms |
| Some brewskis |
| Flowers-to-be |
| Starts to grow |
| Unopened roses |
| Blossoms-to-be |
| Future flowers |
| Grafters' needs |
| Latter-day pals |
| Incipient twigs |
| Unopened blooms |
| Future blossoms |
| Begins to bloom |
| Potential blooms |
| Unopened flowers |
| Signs of spring. |
| Some light beers |
| Fledgling flowers |
| Incipient flowers |
| Begins to blossom |
| Ones to hang with |
| Starts to blossom |
| Beginning blossoms |
| Springtime arrivals |
| May's "darling" ones |
| Blossoms yet to open |
| Signs of winter's end |
| Signs of efflorescence |
| They'll be flowers soon |
| Popular beers, for short |
| Flowers when still not open |
| Drinks once pitched by frogs |
| Brussels sprouts, essentially |
| Flowers that haven't opened yet |
| Anheuser-Busch brews, familiarly |
| . . . the darling ___ of May": Shak. |