they were blooming
Past progressive they conjugation of bloom.

bloom

And I drove up to her house of freedom in upstate New York, and she had planted apple trees, and when I was there on a Sunday, they were blooming.
J'ai conduit jusqu'à sa maison de liberté à New York et elle avait planté des pommiers et quand j'y étais, un dimanche, ils étaient en fleurs.
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