Citrus growers know that the number of fruit in their current crop has an inverse effect on the number of flowers in the return bloom.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

For example, spring-blooming plants like spireas and azaleas should be pruned after they bloom.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Fruit on the tree during spring bloom stops the growth of flowering shoots.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Stop pinching about one hundred days before you want the plants to bloom.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

Something always seems to be in bloom here.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

Eric Leavitt supervises the operation. He explains how the orchids are made to bloom in time for the show.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

The ugly stench that starts emanating from the plant as it begins to bloom is actually an example of nature's false advertising.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

After several hours of stinky glory, Lois' bloom wilted, the smell subsided and the crowds moved on to see other,less odorous, museum attractions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"What makes it so rare is that it is highly endangered in the wild, in Sumatra, and it is so hard to get to bloom in cultivation."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

The progress of the bloom was checked closely by museum horticulturalist Zac Stayton.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"Some people have had these for 15 or 20 years and never been able to get one to bloom, so we are really lucky here to have one."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

He will be replaced by Ron Bloom, a former union official.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

About two thousand plants in bloom are being shown there.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

"I think the bloom is off the rose but I don't think they quite knew who else it could be, or how to make it be someone else or facilitate a free and fair election.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03