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SLIDE SHOW: Spring Flowers

Spring is well on its way here in New England. As the snow melts there is nothing more exciting than the first tulip bulbs that burst forth to greet us; even the skunk cabbage is a welcome sign of the changing seasons. To celebrate the beginning of another rebirth, here are 25 user-submitted images of […]

By Sarah Smith Barnum|May 11 2014| Print icon

A brick pathway lined with trees bearing pink blossoms and a yellow fence runs alongside it.

House on Federal St in Salem, Massachusetts with the sun just coming out and a tree out front blooming

Credit: Jeff Folger

Spring is well on its way here in New England. As the snow melts there is nothing more exciting than the first tulip bulbs that burst forth to greet us; even the skunk cabbage is a welcome sign of the changing seasons. To celebrate the beginning of another rebirth, here are 25 user-submitted images of spring flowers from Yankee‘s photo gallery!

A close up shot of a tulip in a Concord, Massachusetts garden
A close up shot of a tulip in a Concord, Massachusetts garden
Credit: David Luppold
Welcome spring! Northampton, Massachusetts
Welcome spring! Northampton, Massachusetts
Credit: Marla Singleton
Zinnias in Rockport, Massachusetts
Zinnias in Rockport, Massachusetts
Credit: Aimee McMaster
White tulips in the North End, Boston, Massachusetts
White tulips in the North End, Boston, Massachusetts
Credit: Jennifer Stewart
Great Danes peaking through curtains over geraniums in a window box in Beverly, Massachusetts
Great Danes peaking through curtains over geraniums in a window box in Beverly, Massachusetts
Credit: Susan Levy Schale
A blooming tree in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts
A blooming tree in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts
Credit: Janice Drew
Sandcastle, Vermont
Sandcastle, Vermont
Credit: Karren Brunetti
This is Benji. He has a fascination with flowers and loves exploring the deep-down secrets of nature at his home in Stamford, Connecticut
This is Benji. He has a fascination with flowers and loves exploring the deep-down secrets of nature at his home in Stamford, Connecticut
Credit: Bonnie Yablon
Georgetown, Massachusetts
Georgetown, Massachusetts
Credit: Jeff Folger
A single Showy Lady Slipper and an unopened bud in a bog in Colchester, Vermont
A single Showy Lady Slipper and an unopened bud in a bog in Colchester, Vermont
Credit: Robert Ennis
Tree blossoms in the rain in Raymond, New Hampshire
Tree blossoms in the rain in Raymond, New Hampshire
Credit: Jannette Dallas
A crocus blossom in Woodstock, Connecticut
A crocus blossom in Woodstock, Connecticut
Credit: Patricia Lacasse
House on Federal St in Salem, Massachusetts with the sun just coming out and a tree out front blooming
House on Federal St in Salem, Massachusetts with the sun just coming out and a tree out front blooming
Credit: Jeff Folger
Reading, Massachusetts
Reading, Massachusetts
Credit: Robert Dennis
Finally after three years, this plant is in bloom in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Finally after three years, this plant is in bloom in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Credit: Janice Drew
Pansies growing in a local greenhouse in Middlebury, Vermont
Pansies growing in a local greenhouse in Middlebury, Vermont
Credit: Pat Davis
An abundance of Pink Lady Slippers paint the woods of Amherst, New Hampshire
An abundance of Pink Lady Slippers paint the woods of Amherst, New Hampshire
Credit: Sharon Ericson
A pair of water lilies from a pond in Jericho, Vermont
A pair of water lilies from a pond in Jericho, Vermont
Credit: Richard Ennis
The intricacies of a butterflies movements are always a challenge, but this little one sat still long enough to capture him at the Roger Williams Zoo in Rhode Island
The intricacies of a butterflies movements are always a challenge, but this little one sat still long enough to capture him at the Roger Williams Zoo in Rhode Island
Credit: Joseph Fagundes Sr.
Springtime arrives in Hillsborough, New Hampshire with newly sprung yellow crocuses.
Springtime arrives in Hillsborough, New Hampshire with newly sprung yellow crocuses.
Credit: Karen Booth
This photo was taken toward the end of April when the magnolia tree is in all its glory in Bristol, Rhode Island
This photo was taken toward the end of April when the magnolia tree is in all its glory in Bristol, Rhode Island
Credit: Susan Battle
Raymond, New Hampshire
Raymond, New Hampshire
Credit: Janette Dallas
Walking around you can find these growing in Marblehead, Massachusetts... Where else?
Walking around you can find these growing in Marblehead, Massachusetts… Where else?
Credit: Jeff Folger
This was taken in late spring. It is a photograph of one of the doors of the Scituate Lighthouse in Scituate, Massachusetts
This was taken in late spring. It is a photograph of one of the doors of the Scituate Lighthouse in Scituate, Massachusetts
Credit: Barbara Balkam

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  1. These Flowers ar just so beautiful-I can`t imagine a world without Flowers-I`am one of those who like Dandelions-A Danderlion first has that pretty Yellow Flower – then the ball like a Cloud and finally you can have Danderlion-Wine-Salad-or cooked. what more could you expect from one little plant?

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  3. I read the caption for each picture and hung over it hungrily. It has been a long Winter in Montreal and these pictures definitely have a tonic effect on my body and soul. Thank you, and keep the slide shows coming on please.

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