Summer plants and Flowers Quiz

[lucky7dip]

Turn sour in the festive season
Take a vehicle to the country
A mad March one can ring
Cycle mat is in there somewhere
See if you can stop inks fading
A sugary vegetable is colourful
The master loses his head
Sounds to hurry to a watering place
The small horse may go round in an easterly direction
This sweet's got a small clump of grass
It is slower fun if you spin another way
Gallop gently to inter Big ben
I hear it may relax a vital organ
If B.R. agree to change things it gets easy
The scamp I once saw is white
Bird on a railway branch
A grain with a bloom
Its the city with dignity
When hanged,Ray spun round and round
Blackleg has some receipts for borrowed money
I hear there's not many with a high temperature
He'll promise to get round with the 18th letter
Is the little wren moving slowly and timidly
Drop coin in tea and it will bloom
If you hide plum in another way, it's clear
Hope someone can help with these clues as though I am a gardener I am baffled. Many thanks

[TheWinner]

leprof, I don't think the first one is right either. You have given some great answers on this subject, and I agree with you that the first answer doesn't quite fit the clue. Another re-think on this one!

[TheWinner]

leprof, what about winter cherry?
would that make sense?

[leprof]

Hi The Winner! Possibly, but I'm concerned that the topic is summer plants, which is what I didn't like about using 'Christmas'. I'll keep thinking about it ...

[TheWinner]

Hi leprof, Me too.... have been looking elsewhere today.... and I bet its so obvious when the correct answer is revealed.

[boxtops]

do you think lucky7dip is ever coming back to thank you all, and to let us know if any answers are still missing?

[TheWinner]

No.

[TheWinner]

I have finally come up with what I think the answer might be, what do you think leprof?

turn sour = rous
festive season = christmas (tried to use fs in the anagram, then C for christmas x 2)

Answer as an anagram = Crocus