The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SPEEDWELLS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SPEEDWELLS
- Hurry to small city to see flowering plants
- Plants make water to live on board
- Primarily slender perennials, encroachers extraordinaire, dwelling within England’s landscaped lawns, sadly!
- Flowers went among balloons
- Primarily slender perennials, encroachers extraordinaire, dwelling within England's landscaped lawns, sadly!
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "flowering plants" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case flowering plants = speedwells.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SPEEDWELLS mean?
SPEEDWELLS noun- A plant of the genus Veronica