be in flower
Example Sentences
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That active city-dweller, the Greenie, is found in almost every large eucalypt that happens to be in flower.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert
It had no right to be in flower now.
From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary
Planted the 1st of May, the variety will be in flower June 28, and the pods will be fit for use about the middle or 20th of July.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing
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.
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
