be in flower

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You'll see, Charles, the Louis d'ors will be in flower in a week's time; but it's all vinegar, it's covered with beetles."--"Oh,

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz

Miss Hope says she believes they'll just be in flower.

From The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story by Brazil, Angela

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

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