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PHOTOS: Never underestimate Garfield County’s flower power

Tulips grow in downtown Rifle on Monday.
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Alas, May is here and everyone in Garfield County can forget about being bogged down by snow (let’s hope). Getting this memo is the region’s exquisite vegetation.

Whether it’s curbside appeal in Rifle and Glenwood Springs or wild, flowering bushes and trees out in the countryside, colors are delightfully shinning bright from so many flower peddles.

A flowering bush along Blake Avenue in Glenwood Springs.
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Tulips at Ninth and Blake in Glenwood Springs.
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Tulips inside the fence at the Frontier Historical Museum at 10th and Colorado in Glenwood Springs.
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Pasque flowers along the Prince Creek trails outside of Carbondale.
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Flowers catch some sun at the Glenwood Springs residence of Mike Hurst.
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A bed of flowers shows its colors at a Glenwood Springs residence.
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Wildflowers blossom from a tree branch near Harvey Gap State Park on Monday.
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A wildflower blossoms near Harvey Gap State Park on Monday.
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A patch of wildflowers blossom near Rifle Gap Reservoir on Monday.
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The inside of a tulip in downtown Rifle on Monday.
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