The warming daytime temperatures coax the first spring blooms on Portland's Munjoy Hill on Thursday.
Crocuses push through decaying leaves in Falmouth on Thursday.
Crocuses add color in Falmouth on Thursday. The blooming season has gotten underway in Maine, and facilities at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay opened for the season Wednesday.
Manfred Zorn of Falmouth clears dead leaves from around his sprouting daffodils on his property on Thursday.
Daffodills bloom outside the Farm House Retrofit Project building at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on Thursday.
A bee crawls along the outer edge of a flower petal on Portland's Munjoy Hill on Thursday.
Crocuses bloom with velvety purple richness on Portland's Munjoy Hill on Thursday.
A mixed bouquet of crocuses blooms along Portland's Munjoy Hill on Thursday. As the temperature rises, spring bulbs are popping in the southern part of the state.
Crocuses provide a welcome splash of white from something other than snow in a South Portland yard on Wednesday.
Purple crocuses emerge along Falls Road in Falmouth on Thursday, when the temperature in Portland made it into the 50s.
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