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

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 Campbell, Douglas Houghton

To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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 Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

It will be in flower next week, and your parents have just arranged that I may meet them at the Alte Schloss in time for dinner.

From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.