Shipston & District Garden Flowers Club

[birdie73]

Help needed please on ones I have struggled with but with no avail.
Garden Flowers no 5 A huge name for a popular annual bedding plant (6)
Author of following quotation "And she was fay as is the rose in May"
Towns/villages in Gt Britain 23 All mixed up I miss Ray (8)
24 Lyl & gill are all confused (10) 25 The first just in, rose landed here (2,6,8)
26 Primarily I brighten up a spring garden(8) 27 She got up to complain (4,2,6)
28 Deffinitely not the colour of this small flower (5,5)
29 Pest infested field (6) All answers contain the name of a flower.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in anticipation

[valerieb1254]

5) Begonia ?

[valerieb1254]

Sorry that's 7 letters,

[valerieb1254]

Are all the answers towns and villages?

[birdie73]

Yes valerieb1254 23-29 are towns/villages which include a flower in their name.Thanks for your interest & help.

[birdie73]

valerieb1254 Have just found a flower called Bignonia in my book, never heard of it but maybe it fits the clue. ?

[birdie73]

Forget the last posting too many letters, another try azalia ?.

[mathsman]

27 rose of ----

[valerieb1254]

27) Only thing I thought as soon as I saw it was....Rose of Tralee.

[birdie73]

Thanks again valerieb 1254 not sure if there is a place in Great Britain called Rose Of Tralee. Thanks also mathsman have checked my map book will try Google.

[valerieb1254]

There's a Tralee in Ireland. ( the quiz is a bit confusing ) or is it just me?

[birdie73]

Yes valerieb1254, I'm finding it very confusing 23-29 are stated as being names of towns/villages in Great Britain which contain the name of a flower.I have only managed to do one so far no.30 Susan plays in new kind home in Lego Land Initially (9).which is Spinkhill. Thanks for trying to help.