1.   Here we chose a cherry with pale pink spring blossom, a welcome sight early in the year.

2.   But gardeners in all but the mildest climates can still grow blueberries, getting tasty fruit, pretty spring blossoms and ornamental shrubbery in the bargain.

3.   The most laborious tasks are the cleanup of fallen spring blossoms and autumn leaves, when Ms. Moore spends long days just sweeping.

4.   Spring blossoms are beginning to bloom, but as politicians make their final pitches in a key by-election campaign, it looks more like a winter of voter discontent.

5.   Cows crop grass on overgrown deserted streets and white spring blossoms shelter rusting corrugated-iron cottages.