Names of flowers etc

[Mazzi]

1) she's frequently left alone
2) smartly sombre
3) frog like fibres
4) sounds like a girl with an arithmetic total
5) one buzzer is not busy
6) wife of 9
7) This old dad smells good
8) a military PA system

[johnalex]

1. Shrinking Violet

[novalis]

4 alyssum

[novalis]

1 could also be wallflower

[Kanewood]

3. Toadflax (Linaria)

[Kanewood]

5. The clue sounds like it could be Belfry but I personally don't know of anything with that name.

[kettledrum]

What is the answer to 9 ?

[Quizmonkey]

5 the buzzer's more likely to be a bee than a bell (but I don't know my flowers!) Something starting Abe..., Abie... etc ?

[Kanewood]

That's probably more like it Quizmonkey. I can only think of Abelia but I don't think that's right either.

[Mazzi]

Thank you so much for your help so far. It's greatly appreciated.

[Bathsheba]

8. Bugle?

[Mazzi]

What do you think of bee balm for number 5?