gardening quiz

[i'mbraindead]

Hi,

I need some help with the last few cryptic clues, the answers are all plants or trees, both wild and cultivated, whose names include a reference to a country or place.

1 Ivan initially could obtain many fine robes each year (7,7)

2 Playing a tune in Paris (8,4)

3 I trailed Alan around the tree (7,5)

4 Grow strangely in rodent at dreaming spires (6,7)

5 Has the cheese been tickled? (7,4)

6 Forest trap an insect (10,8)

7 A pea souper in Leeds (9,3)

8 Line on the earth connects you initially to the papers (7,7)

9 Oddly large fat donkeys pull at noblemans's drink shrun (4,2,7,8)

10 Looks like a contemptible plant in Hamlet's lawn (6,6-5)

11 The men from the fiords have a chart for the French (6,5)

12 Gabriel is a coward (6,9)

13 You can drive from these up the valley to the end of the rainbow (8,6)

Looking forward to your answers, thanks in advance

[lloyd1e]

No 3 Italian alder

[lloyd1e]

2 Austrian pine

[lloyd1e]

4 Oxford ragwort

[lloyd1e]

7 Yorkshire fog

[valerieb1254]

7) Yorkshire Fog.....A tall grass

[gen2]

5 = Cheddar Pink

[lloyd1e]

12 Yellow archangel

[lloyd1e]

11 Norway maple

[gen2]

6 = Nottingham Catchfly (Silene nutans)

[gen2]

13 = Teesdale violet (Viola rupestris)

[i'mbraindead]

Thats brilliant, thanks to everyone of you for your help, hopefully i shall get the remaining answers as well.

lloyd1e thanks for the answer to no.12 but the answer has to have a reference to a country or place, so not sure if this is the answer they are looking for, but will go with this and hope for the best!!!

[gen2]

Archangel IS a place. It is in Alaska.