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Recent Examples of fruiting
Look for fruiting fig varieties that are ideal for containers and can fruit year-round indoors.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Fall-fruiting raspberries fruit on canes that grew in the current season (primocanes), whereas summer-bearing raspberries only develop fruit on second-year canes (floricanes).
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Fall-fruiting raspberries fruit on canes that grew in the current season (primocanes), whereas summer-bearing raspberries only develop fruit on second-year canes (floricanes).
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruiting
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The best way to encourage months of flowering on French (bigleaf) and oakleaf hydrangeas is by pruning as little as possible.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
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The pavilion has organized a series of performers for this week, and had an open bar upstairs near a flowering tree.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 May 2026
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Numerous species and cultivars are available, including several long-blooming natives that flower June through September.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 May 2026
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Photograph and take notes about plants blooming now.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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If one of Dwyer’s cascades, or any other process driven purely by the electric field, was seeding the lightning bolt, the proto-bolt would move perfectly in line with the electric field from the very beginning of the process.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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Bell is ranked higher than Garfield and South Gate for seeding purposes based on computer rankings, but the City still uses league finish as part of consideration.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Fascism, then and now, is masterful at propagating and reinforcing its ideas through an aesthetic that captivates a large number of people.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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Avoid propagating plants that are actively flowering.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Fruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruiting. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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