Quiz Flower Or Weed C/d 31.3.18

[Clell]

1.Soil for one who is older (6,5)
2.Alas gets involved with six (6)
3.Level periods of time (8)
Thanks for any help.

[ubasses]

2 salvia

[dannyk13]

2.Salvia

[Prudie]

I saw 3 very cleverly answered as plumbago yesterday

[Prudie]

1 ground elder

[Toorak]

1 ground elder

[Clell]

I don't think the answer to No 3 is correct....it is already an answer in the puzzle.

[Flonska]

1. Ground Elder

[Prudie]

What was the clue for it Clell?

[Clell]

Prudie....Soft start to a back complaint (8)

[Prudie]

Oh well plumbago seems definitely correct for that!

[Flonska]

Yup . . . looks like P lumbago to me!

[Clell]

So that still leaves No .3. ........

[Prudie]

I've been trying, can't get it out of my head that it ends in eras but can't find a word for level so that can't be right :-(

[Mamyalynne]

Level could simply be 'A'

[Clell]

How about "Centuary" then.

[Flonska]

Good shout . . . but centu(a)ry is singular wheres the clue suggests a plural? eg ages, eons, eras etc.

[Flonska]

^whereas^

[Clell]

Sorry that should be spelt "Centaury".

[mallyh]

3 iffy pareiras..........par eras

[Flonska]

Mally that's a lot less iffy than the ones I have been trying to come up with. Good piece of detective work!!