No flower better signals the start of spring than crocuses, early bloomers that come in Easter egg colors such as purple, lavender, orange, pink, and yellow. Crocuses are perennial, flowering bulbs that are built for toughness. As you can see, the plants are able to endure frost and even snow because their flowers and leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle. That"s why the first blooms you see in spring are often crocuses. They can grow in a variety of environments, even in the high elevations of the alpine tundra above the tree line.
Spring awakens
Today in History
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Bournemouth beach huts
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Festivus
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King of the dinosaurs
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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St. Michaels Mount in Marazion, Cornwall, England
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An oceanic valentine
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Is there a bug-egg emoji for this?
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National Frog Month
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Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
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Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
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It’s Draw a Bird Day
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Purple flowers and Golden Week
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy
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50 years of the Endangered Species Act
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World Childrens Day
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Have you turned off your electronic device?
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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High above the reef
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Did they forget to fly south?
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Bidding summer adieu
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Poinsettia Day
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Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
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Does this chameleon look a little insecure?
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World Teachers Day
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Male kori bustard, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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A species worth defending
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Kochelsee in Bavaria
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Computer Science Education Week
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