Between mid-August and mid-September, the park offers an accessible, southern look at the spring wildflower bloom, which carpets the country's western expanses.

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Come mid-April, spring is in full bloom in Augusta, so you can expect temps to hover around the high 70s or low 80s, though mornings and evenings are a bit chillier with lows in the 50s.

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Just as lilacs and hyacinth bloom throughout the spring, so too a new color is blooming for the Nintendo 3DS system.

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Los Angeles is a youthful, antsy, many-hued city of makers and doers, power brokers and paradigm shifters, and where great big ideas bloom like Jacaranda flowers in spring.

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When spring limbers up and the first wildflowers start to bloom, bees get ready to suck up nectar and transform it into honey.

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The yellow tulips in the back are contrasted with the rows of tulips that have yet to bloom, highlighting a long-awaited yet faithful spring that fulfills its promise of longer days.

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Whether you visit in the winter for Christmas markets glittering under snowflakes, or in the spring when the flowers in the city's many parks are in bloom, the city is sure to charm.

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The flowers bloom in dramatic fashion, their light pink colour spreading across previously barren treetops to welcome spring.

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