flowering

Prof Wright says the food would be particularly useful during summers like this one when flowering plants appear to have stopped producing early.

Bees are also showing signs of shutting down for the winter, after flowering plants finished producing pollen and nectar in the hot weather.

So central is the fruit to Indian life that the calendar year itself often begins with the mango flowering.

Will everybody tear the flowering wisteria vines off their houses?

Grapefruit trees in the UK typically fruit once a year, with ripening taking up to 12 months after flowering in late spring or summer.