be in flower

Example Sentences

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It will be in flower next week, and your parents have just arranged that I may meet them at the Alte Schloss in time for dinner.

From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.

And when you come back, darling, you'll find your son, perhaps, and the hepaticas may be in flower, waiting for you.'

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

Lord of April, in my hour May the dogwood be in flower, And my angel through the dome Of spring twilight lead me home.

From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss

It was the time for bulbs to be in flower, and the spring perennials.

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil

It is my theory that present chestnut breeders are crossing inferior material, using any specimens that happen to be in flower at the right time as long as they represent the species to be crossed.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association