Local quiz - a plant, flower, shrub or tree

[crockshard]

Last few to go!
'Oriental hot beverage'.
'Rather foppish male' (Dandelion? Lad's Love?).
'It's a materialistic girls dream to' (Lady's bedstraw?).

[grasscarp]

Could the oriental hot beverage be Jasmine?

[crockshard]

Better than anything I have thought of so far, Grasscarp!

[woof57]

How about China Tea Plant

[Quizmonkey]

Materialistic = marigold (she wants to marry gold)

[crockshard]

Many thanks! Any other ideas for 'rather foppish male'?

[Quizmonkey]

I think your best bet is dandelion.

[grasscarp]

What about Sweet William?

[crockshard]

Sorry for my delayed response - had to collect two our pigs for freezing, so have been 'bagging-up' for the past couple of hours!
'Dandelion' is the best I could think of, but why should male be 'lion'? And 'sweet william' is the answer to another clue ('A dessert for Bill'). They are mostly not difficult cryptic clues!

[Quizmonkey]

A lion is male as opposed to a lioness - note they don't say man, so the animal route is fine. But still not the best clue. The word foppish can really only denote dandy or beau - weak guesses like Sweet William are just wasting everyone's time.

[Quizmonkey]

The oriental hot beverage could just be tea. Or tea tree.

[auntflo]

campion (camp ian)?

[crockshard]

I like 'campion', auntflo, but I think they may be a bit more rigorous with the spelling even in this quiz!

[grasscarp]

First time I have been accused of time wasting on Answerbank. I will have to be more careful with my suggestions!

[crockshard]

So sorry, I didn't mean to cause any offense! All your suggestions have been helpful!

[grasscarp]

It wasnt you Crockshard that said
"weak guesses like Sweet William are just wasting everyone's time"
It was quizmonkey. I wasnt very happy, but I think I will get over it!

[boxtops]

...and I thought Sweet William was a reasonable suggestion myself!

[grasscarp]

Thank you boxtops. I went to Tesco yesterday lunchtime and they had Sweet William on special offer near the entrance, so it inspired me to come back and suggest it. The nice thing about Answerbank is that sometimes you can put really silly things and nobody criticises - usually ...........