be in flower
Example Sentences
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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 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 Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
It chanced to be in flower at the time, and this enabled the botanist to determine its character.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
Lord of April, in my hour May the dogwood be in flower, And my angel through the dome Of spring twilight lead me home.
From Later Poems by Bliss Carman
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
