Ironically enough, one of the most floriferous plants for growing in the shade is abutilon, especially the hybrids, known as flowering maple on account of its palmate, pointed foliage.
—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
This trio combines floriferous 'Superbells Dreamsicle' calibrachoa, the fragrant 'Snow Princess' sweet alyssum, and cool-weather 'Sunsatia Lemon' nemesia.
As the day began, the abbey buzzed with excitement and was abloom with fragrant flowers and colorful hats.
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Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
7 May 2023
As the day began, the abbey buzzed with excitement and was abloom with fragrant flowers and colorful hats as the congregation of international dignitaries, nobles and other notables arrived.
Resplendent in a dark top and flowered scarves, Jackie has his hair ratted out, creating a kind of nimbus around his poignant, ready-to-laugh face, which is powdered white, with shiny, metallic-looking paillettes around the eyes.
—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
17 July 2026
At the Bruce McKittrick Rare Books Booth, all the purveyors wear flowered headbands.
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