Smell the pretty flowers
Precipitation
Sunshine!
Spring!
Gardening
100
The Netherlands, meaning low-lying country, is also known as the land of these flowers
Tulips
100
Sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxides react with other elements to create this harmful precipitation
Acid Rain
100
When the Sun is above the Earth's equator & day & night are the same length, one of these is happening
Equinox
100
Tel means "hill" & the name of this Israeli city means "hill of spring"
Tel Aviv
100
Herbs like basil will grow in soil that's lightly acidic or lightly alkaline, but it's best if this level is between 5.5 & 6.5
Ph
200
Continuing indefinitely, or flowers such as daylilies & peonies
Perennial
200
For the Weather Girls in 1982, it was raining these, "tall, blond, dark & lean"
Men
200
The 3 types of heat energy transfer are conduction, convection & this type like that from the Sun to the Earth
Radiation
200
Last name of the man who in 1898 became the owner of a French spring; his name still adorns green bottles today
Perrier
200
Available at most gardening stores, these beneficial beetles can help rid your garden of aphids & other destructive insects
Ladybugs
300
The flowers of the African sausage tree bloom at night for visits by these flying mammals, their principal pollinators
Bats
300
Asked if he was okay playing the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show in a downpour, he had a request--"Can you make it rain harder?"
Prince
300
Also called surya namaskar, this sequence of poses is a way to greet the day or warm up before your daily practice
Sun Salutations
300
This U.S. federal holiday is the only one in the spring
Memorial Day
300
Bigger than seeds, they store plants' food in winter; plant some in fall & you'll see snowdrops in spring
Bulbs
400
Sakura is the Japanese name for these flowers that bloom in spring
Cherry Blossom
400
On stage & film, it's what "stays mainly in the plain"... by George, do you have it?!
The Rain in Spain
400
The planet farthest from the Sun, it takes this ice giant 165 years to orbit it
Neptune
400
From the Italian, it means "spring" or "served with veggies"
Primavera
400
This flower with an avian name is a colorful addition to any garden
Bird of Paradise
500
Gymnosperms bear seeds in cones; these, constituting most of the world's green plants, have flowers
Angiosperms
500
Drivers can thank Mary Anderson for creating an early form of this, moved by a handle from inside a streetcar to clear rain
Windshield Wiper
500
A song from "Annie" reminds us that "the sun'll come out tomorrow" & that you should therefore bet this
Your bottom dollar
500
Term for a short-lived period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1968
The Prague Spring
500
This flower with an avian name is a colorful addition to any garden
Propagate