“Everybody loves them; it’s that big blue flower that breaks everybody’s heart. I think it’s because it’s so elusive, that’s why people really want it, because they can’t get it.

When the summer sun shines and temperatures climb, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce harmful algal blooms. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reminded people this week that some ...

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Tourists are turning out to stroll the flower-lined grounds of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, and enjoy the millions of baby blue nemophila now blanketing its bucolic hills.

In early spring, they burst with vivid blue blooms on slender green stalks, like a blue version of a snowdrop. They adapt well to naturalizing and provide a bright color contrast to white ...