Historical clue formulations

• Stop being buds? — 2025-07-13
• Flower — 2015-10-27
• Start to show one's real potential — 2014-03-23
• Open up — 2010-04-04
• Begin to flourish — 2005-01-30
• Ripen — 2004-02-29
• Bloom — 2001-10-16