“Even the number of petals on a flower can change after leaf removal.”

“They believed that those sacrificed had been men of special grace, the irreplaceable flower of the nation's youth.”

“For surely that man is most fortunate who dies in the flower of his strength, when the passing years have not obscured his good name or weakened his high courage.”

“I could see what a lovely woman she would become, and I kept my memories with me, with the hope of seeing her again to witness her flowering as a woman.”

“But we know already enough to say that his flowering as a poet was neither sudden nor casual.”

“Galanthus reginae-olgae is a reliable early flowerer, producing its faintly scented blooms as early as October.”

“The best thing of all is that Jacques Cartier is a generous repeat flowerer.”

“In coastal areas Tecoma stans is already showing flowers, while up in the hills it is regarded as a late summer or autumn flowerer.”

“Even the number of petals on a flower can change after leaf removal.”

“They believed that those sacrificed had been men of special grace, the irreplaceable flower of the nation's youth.”

“For surely that man is most fortunate who dies in the flower of his strength, when the passing years have not obscured his good name or weakened his high courage.”

“These wines, in my experience, are so flavoursome that the floweriness plays second fiddle to a refreshing fruity crispness.”

“In this century political speechmaking has tended to favor simplicity and conciseness, rendering Ciceronian floweriness less interesting.”

“Even allowing for floweriness of language, that a man could so deeply feel his life ruined and wasted as a result chasing a mathematical proof somehow sets me back in my seat.”

“Many Dutch gardeners like to force successive flowerings of hyacinths indoors in flowerpots.”