be in flower
Example Sentences
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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
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
"Dear me," said the Rath, "what may that be in flower there?"
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
It had no right to be in flower now.
From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary
Miss Hope says she believes they'll just be in flower.
From The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story by Brazil, Angela
