Ben is inspired to love plants through watching his uncle Felix working in his Dorset garden, so when he comes to select a course at university he knows it has to be Botany. There he meets Asian student Juno whose delicate botanical art enchants him. He asks her which rare flower she would most like to see. She says the flower of the Ginkgo. After graduation Juno has to return to China but they resolve to keep in touch and be reunited to go and find...