All Things Christmas

[Midnighter]

Completely stuck with two questions on this:

1. Seasonal flowering plant - not prickly (9, 5)

2. A tyre fire, but no smoke! (4, 5)

I'd guess that the first word of the first one is Christmas, but I'm drawing a complete blank on the second.

[scorpiojo]

Cacti?

[mallyh]

tree fairy

[Midnighter]

Thanks. The clue for the first one suggests something that's not prickly to me, but I can't think of anything other than Christmas Cacti either.

[mallyh]

there's a variety of poinsettia called Christmas angel Marbella?

[mallyh]

another plant is shepherds purse?

[Midnighter]

Thanks, mally.

[Midnighter]

I guess there's also the Helleborus Niger, or Christmas Rose, if the compiler has given the wrong clue length.

[Midnighter]

I decided to have one last look before completing and posting my entry for, and found another possibility: Christmas Bells. It's one of several names that Sandersonia's known by.

[dannyk13]

Christmas Berry?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/647.shtml

[JJ109]

I am pretty sure that the Christmas Cactus that I previously had did NOT have prickles. And that is why I think the answer is Christmas Cacti as it is a play on words re prickles as cacti have prickles but Christmas Cacti do not.
I think.......

[dannyk13]

Plant in the clue is singular - cacti is plural