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Coffee Break: Friday flowers

by Anna Weggel

April 24, 2020

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

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

Coffee Break: Friday flowers