A pollen(花粉) snack
The Red Cosmos flower, shown here in full bloom at a public garden in New Delhi(新德里), India, belongs to the sunflower family. These flowers flaunt(挥动，炫耀) bright colorful disks gracefully balanced on long slender(修长的) stems, and lacy foliage(叶子的总称). It is a plant that's easy to grow and thrives even on poor soil.
Purple park
People stroll through a sea of crocuses(番红花) in a park in Husum(胡苏姆), Germany. Those people may have 15th century monks to thank for the 4.5 million blossoms: According to a legend, those monks planted the first crocuses there.
Butterfly kisses
Monarchs rest on top of flowers at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve(脉金斑蝶生态保护区), near the town of Chincua, Mexico. While monarchs are not endangered, scientists say deforestation(森林开伐) could threaten their existence.
Mellow(柔和的) yellow
Bright blooms spread spring cheer as Londoners enjoy the warm weather in the city's St James's Park.
Garden of Eden
Visitors walk among the flowers inside one of the two biodomes at the Eden Project near St Austell, Cornwall, England. The project - which opened in 2001 and has attracted over one million visitors - showcases(陈列柜) 100,000 plants from around the world.
Bird, meet blossom
A Japanese white-eye(绣眼鸟) perches(栖息) on a branch of a cherry blossom tree at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo.
Pretty in pink
The delicate pink flowers of the Corymbia "summer beauty" flowering gum from the Myrtacae family are displayed in the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.
Seeing red
Tulips are seen in full bloom in Indira Gandhi(甘地) Memorial Tulip Garden in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir.
A dahlia in Delhi
A photographer gets up close and personal with this full bloom Dahlia(大丽花) flower - part of the sunflower family - in New Delhi, India.
Mustard pass
A Kashmiri Muslim woman carrying cow dung(牛粪) in a willow wicker, which is used as a manure(肥料) in fields, walks past a mustard(芥菜) field in Srinagar, Kashmir.