May flowers

Late spring blooms

May flowers are flowers that bloom in May, particularly spring blossoms like tulips, lilacs, and lily of the valley.

The term appears most famously in the rhyme "April showers bring May flowers," suggesting that difficult times lead to pleasant outcomes.

The garden was full of May flowers after the rainy spring.

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seasonal timing

May flowersautumn leaves

Deciduous trees' seasonal shedding

dead of winter · frozen ground · fall foliage · falling leaves · winter's end

life cycle stage

May flowersfallen petals

Detached flower fragments below

wilted flowers · withered plants · dead leaves · brown leaves · compost

PROVERBIAL SEQUENCE (April showers bring May flowers)

May flowersApril showers

Seasonal springtime precipitation

spring rain · gray skies · rainy days · storm clouds · drizzle

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