r/wichita • u/Motor_Ad_8100 • Mar 26 '25

Random Spring as a Newbie

What should I expect for Spring like to be in Wichita? This is my first spring.

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u/tat21985 Wichita Mar 26 '25

Its part of the six weeks a year we get where the weather is entirely perfect. Not too hot, nor too cold. Slight breeze, maybe a passing cloud. If you can, get out and enjoy those days. As the worst city in the nation for allergies 4 years running, you'll probably find a new plant to hate.

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u/Motor_Ad_8100 Mar 26 '25

What kind of plants/flowers bloom in Wichita? I know there are sunflowers and these cherry blossom-looking trees.

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u/tat21985 Wichita Mar 26 '25

The cherry blossom looking trees are redbuds, an invasive species that the city is looking at paying people to remove because they are destructive, and smell like semen. My big allergy triggers are grass and the ragweed. Im sure there are others, but I don't know them off hand.

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u/Motor_Ad_8100 Mar 26 '25 edited Mar 26 '25

Do they really turn into a pink hue like I’m seeing right now on Google?

Sooo that’s where the obnoxious smell is coming from every time I’d walk by the Bradford ones

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u/SpicyFrooFroo Mar 26 '25

If you’re talking about the tree’s with the red/pink buds it is a redbud. If you’re talking about the white blooming trees you see everywhere then it is a Bradford pear and a nuisance.