a flowering time vs the flowering time

Both 'a flowering time' and 'the flowering time' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'A flowering time' is used when referring to any general period of time when flowers bloom, while 'the flowering time' is used when referring to a specific, known period of time when flowers bloom.

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a flowering time

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to any general period of time when flowers bloom.

This phrase is used to talk about a general period when flowers bloom, without specifying a particular time or location.

Examples:

Spring is usually a flowering time for many plants.
During a flowering time, the garden is filled with color and fragrance.

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Tolerance to cold: plantule: high, flowering time: medium; tolerance to high water (40-50): high;
The poor soils and harsh climate of the Kashubian Lake District have the effect of delaying the time of flowering of the strawberries and shortening the growing season.
A flowering rose for your hair.
That's a flowering plum tree.
A belladonna, a flowering nightshade... And must be, for Mercy will now bring the children to me so that we may go on blooming.
It's a flowering herb that only grows above 2,500 feet on Mount Charleston along the South loop trail.
O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
Did you know that it's also a flowering plant?
Puberty can often be a confusing time for a young adolescent flowering into manhood.
The Community shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.
The Union shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.
It is based on Article 151 of the EC Treaty, which stipulates that the Community will contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.
Article 151 provides that the Community is to contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.
Article 151 provides that the Community shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.
the risk to non-target arthropods and bees that may be exposed to the active substance by visiting flowering weeds present in the crop at time of application.
the Community shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore;
According to Article 167 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the EU contributes to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common culture heritage to the fore.
Its role, according to Article 151 of the EC Treaty, is to contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.
'The Community shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore' (Article 151 of the Treaty establishing the European Community).
in particular gives the European Union the task of contributing to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.

Alternatives:

a time when flowers bloom
a period of flowering
a season of blossoms
a time of floral display
a blooming period

the flowering time

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific, known period of time when flowers bloom.

This phrase is used when referring to a particular, identified period when flowers bloom, often in a specific location or context.