National Flower Day

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  • National Flower Day
    National Flower Day
  • FLOWER OF THE YEAR The National Garden Bureau named the Impatiens the 2026 annual Flower of theYear. | ELISE MAY, iSTOCK PHOTO
    FLOWER OF THE YEAR The National Garden Bureau named the Impatiens the 2026 annual Flower of theYear. | ELISE MAY, iSTOCK PHOTO

    CUISINE & CULTURE

    Gardeners have two celebrations to look forward to this week. This year National Flower Day falls on Saturday, March 21, which is the spring equinox, the first official day of spring.

    The Spring Equinox is the exact instant when the sun is directly overhead the equator and the Earth’s rotational axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun. At the instant of the equinox,…