be in flower

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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

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

"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

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

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

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