Sentence examples for taller up from inspiring English sources

The perpetual flowering carnation, perhaps derived from crosses between the border carnations and the D. plumarius, is taller, up to 1 metre (3 feet) in height, is stouter, and produces larger flowers; it blooms almost continuously in the greenhouse.

Battarrea stevenii can grow taller, up to 70 cm.

It now stands five inches tall, up from three and a quarter inches, and weighs 3 1/2 pounds, a two-pound gain.

The Shumard oak is a tall (up to 23 m) bottomland tree with an open crown, long, clear trunk, and seven- to nine-lobed leaves.

The dorsal fin of older males is very tall (up to 1.8 metres) and straight; females and young males have a dorsal fin that is about half that size and distinctly sickle-shaped (falcate).

The Phragmites species are tall (up to 6 m), perennial grasses predominantly found in littoral zones of lakes, along rivers and in shallow freshwater and brackish wetlands (Brix 1999).

The hybrid Tutti Frutti (A. barberi X A. mexicana) is taller -- up to five feet -- and slightly less hardy than sunset hyssop, producing lavender-pink flowers all summer.

He was five-foot-six, and people a foot taller looked up to h im.

Grand pianos are not as tall as uprights, measuring around 36" to 48" tall and up to 8' long.[3].

How to identify giant hogweed As the name suggests, giant hogweed is tall - up to 5m in height.

The deft Su, about five feet tall, beats up goons by the dozen.