Sentence:  Now the thing for us to do is to find ourselves a couple of those wonderful <WSD>flowering</WSD> currants such as the red Ribes sanguineum of our Pacific Northwest , or otherwise a good sloe tree , or perhaps some nice pussy willow in bloom , preferably one with male or staminate catkins . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms