be in flower
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It is not the season for them to be in flower yet; but when it is, I think we must take a walk there—with our luncheon in a basket—a little picnic in fact.
From Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
It had no right to be in flower now.
From Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley
It was the time for bulbs to be in flower, and the spring perennials.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by Basil King
Most of the plants found will not be in flower, and these send up but a single, oblong, pointed leaf.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
Unfortunately, the shrub would not be in flower at this season; but if we can find one of the berries, and a leaf or two, I fancy I shall be able to identify it.
From The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Mayne Reid
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