flowers

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They were accused of not allowing sufficient space on the edge of certain fields to allow rare flowers to grow by spreading fertiliser, slurry and weed killer without permission.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Trump beamed and applauded when hundreds of Chinese schoolchildren in brightly coloured outfits waved flags and flowers and chanted "welcome, welcome, warm welcome".

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Looking for the piles of pens that once adorned Plath’s grave didn’t help; it is now blanketed in planted flowers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Some of these flowers are years away, yet I look forward to them not just with equanimity but excitement.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Roses and bird droppings covered the floor, and they could see the imprints of hooves where they had crushed the flowers to mulch.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell