N Echo - cryptic crossword

[max26758]

Hope some one can help - I am stuck on 2.
1.State in which I will always take precedence(7) I have E?O????
2. The principal sources from which larger flowers develop(4-7)
I have ?E?D ?T?E??? I guess the first word could be seed.

Thanks in advance

[sandyRoe]

1 Egotism?

[max26758]

Many thanks sandy

[boxtops]

There's a tool called a Seed Spreader, you use for planting seeds?

[factor-fiction]

I think the second word has only 7 letters though which would rule out spreader. I think we are also looking for a word that is plural

[NazNomad]

Seed strains (if the E is wrong)

[factor-fiction]

'Flowers' could be a reference to rivers, of course.#
Something streams?

[sandyRoe]

'Flowers' sometimes is a reference to rivers. I was thinking of Head Waters. But not enough letters in second word

[factor-fiction]

Yes I wondered if te word principal could mean LEAD or HEAD, but I haven't heard of LEAD STREAMS or HEAD STREAMS

[Calibax]

Head Streams

[max26758]

Many thanks Calibax. That fits in with other letters

[factor-fiction]

Glad to have helped