be in flower

Example Sentences

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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

It will produce excellent food till it begins to be in flower, when it should immediately be ploughed up.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

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

I went round and said good-bye to the lilacs, and told them to be in flower by the time I came back.

From Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) by Harraden, Beatrice