Spring Flower Coloring Pages

• Tulips: cup-shaped flowers on straight stems, single or in a field
• Daffodils: six petals around a trumpet, usually yellow or white
• Crocuses and snowdrops: small early flowers that can bloom through snow
• Hyacinths: tall spikes packed with tiny star-shaped blossoms
• Cherry and apple blossoms: clusters of five-petal flowers along a branch
• Lilacs and pansies: cone-shaped lilac clusters and pansies with face-like markings
• Bouquets and gardens: mixed bunches in jars, window boxes and flower beds

Many spring flowers grow from bulbs, which are underground storage packs full of food. Gardeners plant tulip, daffodil and crocus bulbs in the fall. The bulbs need a long cold spell before they'll flower, so they sit through winter and send up shoots when the soil warms. That stored food is why they can bloom so early, before most plants have leaves. Snowdrops and crocuses usually come first, then daffodils, then tulips. Bees wake up hungry in spring, and these early flowers are some of their first meals.

• Tulips come in almost every color except true blue. Red, yellow, pink, purple and striped are all real.
• Daffodils are yellow, white or both, often with an orange trumpet.
• Crocuses are purple, white or yellow with bright orange centers.
• Hyacinths are blue-violet, pink or white.
• Cherry blossoms are pale pink to white. Make the buds a deeper pink than the open flowers.
• Stems and leaves look best with a lighter green for new growth and a darker one where leaves overlap.

Fold a tulip page into a Mother's Day card, cut out blossoms for a spring wreath, or have students label the petals, stem, leaves and bulb for a plant lesson.