be in flower
Example Sentences
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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
The sweet peas will soon be in flower, the stocks, too, are showing buds.
From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Katherine Mary Barrow
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
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 Fearing Burr
