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Coffee Break: Friday flowers

Tulips and lilacs in bloom at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden in Minneapolis.
Tulips and lilacs in bloom at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden in Minneapolis.MPR photo/Luke Taylor

by Anna Weggel

April 24, 2020

Spring is here, we're looking at a high of 65 in the Twin Cities today and sun throughout the weekend, so let's all make sure to get outside and (hygienically, from a distance) stop and smell the flowers.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention flowers of any type?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
The Damned - New Rose
J. Roddy Walston and The Business - Marigold
Air - Cherry Blossom Girl
Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
Ween - Push The Little Daisies
Tiny Tim - Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me
Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia