Hello Spring!

3. To cut off the parts of a woody plant that are dead or not wanted
4. A major change in form or structure of some animals or insects that happens when they become an adults
7. A young tree
9. Of relating to, or occurring, in the Spring
10. Warm, calm, and pleasant
11. The time when the plane of Earth's equator passes through the geometric center of the Sun's disk
12. To produce new leaves, buds, et cetera.
13. A tall pole decorated with ribbons and flowers that forms a center for May Day
15. Deeply green
16. To emerge from an egg, pupa, or chrysalis

1. A flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty
2. Growing well; thriving
5. The very fine usually yellow dust that is produced by a plant that is carried to other plants so they can produce seeds.
6. To begin to grow/sprout
8. Being in bloom, flowering
14. Abundant and Growing