While spring technically started in March, May feels like the real beginning of the flower-filled, warm-weather season. Now that I can finally wear a bathing suit and soak up those post-7 p.m. sunsets ...

Spring returns in brilliant color at Longwood Gardens during Spring Blooms, on view March 27 through May 3. The season begins in late March with emerging blooms from hardy bulbs, crocus, and forsythia ...