Gardeners celebrate when my colorful petals unfold in the spring, but strike off my very first letter and I turn into a cloud of dark, heavy sorrow. What am I?
Bloom
A 'bloom' is an opening flower; removing the letter 'B' leaves 'gloom'.
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