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- adj. of plants that bloom during the summer
Examples
“It's perfect timing for roses and summer-flowering clematis, but late to prune jasmine; that should have been done just after flowering.”
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“Buy and plant summer-flowering bulbs, such as gladiolus, lilies and ornamental onions, in the spring generally February through April.”
“The majority of the plants she grew for drying were summer-flowering.”
“Her main Crop of summer-flowering blossoms needed another two days of sunshine at least before they would be at their peak.”
“May-flowering iris and then June-flowering iris and four large peony plants make the border bright until the latter part of June, when alternating groups of field daisies and pink and red sweet williams are in full bloom at one end of the border, and summer-flowering cosmos holds sway at the other end, while the flax, bachelor's buttons and daisies fill the center with blue and white.”
“-- For summer-flowering plants sow the seed in spring, and thin out to a distance of 9 in. apart.”
“A hardy, summer-flowering, bulbous plant 3 ft. to 4 ft. in height, gracefully surmounted with from twenty to fifty pendent, bell-shaped snow-white flowers.”
“-- These beautiful summer-flowering hardy perennials produce large heads of lily-like blossoms in great profusion, which are invaluable for cutting for vase decorations as the bloom lasts a long time in water.”
“In one corner stood a huge summer-flowering magnolia, a tower of dark foliage, splashed here and there with milk-white blossoms.”
“Among the summer-flowering sorts we have Aquilegia, Daisy, Coreopsis,”
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