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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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Add colorful bee-friendly flowers like zinnias and flowering herbs as companion plants to your vegetable garden.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
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Start with a base of large flowers, then incorporate flowering branches to build height on one side for a contemporary asymmetrical look.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Apr. 2026
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These new areas truly shine, especially with the blooming monkeyflower along the trail and lemonade berry archways.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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This late-blooming plant shows its color in summer and fall.—
Blythe Copeland,
Martha Stewart,
24 Apr. 2026
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One of the most awesome/terrible/terribly awesome things about The Fight For Lord Stanley is that underdogs can bite and, unlike the NBA bracket, seeding can feel like just a number.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Nuggets, who finish the season at San Antonio on Sunday night, prioritized rest over seeding.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 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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That means that winemakers across what is now France must have switched from domesticating wild grapes to propagating them directly—that is, cloning grapevines by taking cuttings of the plants to start new groves.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Fruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruiting. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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