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However, heatwaves when the olive trees were flowering last spring and a severe drought since last summer in Spain and in number two and four producers Italy and Portugal have shrunk stocks.

From Reuters • Mar. 24, 2023

The teams assessed bee population survival twice—once when the crops were flowering and again after winter.

From Scientific American • Jun. 30, 2017

The tomato vines had reached six feet high, which was 13 inches taller than the gardener, and many were flowering.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2016

Hunting scenes were consistently popular, as were flowering vines and dancing women.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2012

Butterflies flitted through the moist air, bigger than any I'd ever seen, and there were flowering plants everywhere.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda