be in flower

Example Sentences

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It chanced to be in flower at the time, and this enabled the botanist to determine its character.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

The sweet peas will soon be in flower, the stocks, too, are showing buds.

From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Barrow, Katherine Mary

"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

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

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