| SARGASSOSEA | So, a seagrass growing in a weedy ocean (8,3) |
| GOATSBEARD | Dog Star could, perhaps, be in a weedy one (10) |
| HOED | Worked in a weedy garden |
| NATURALISED | Looking as nature intended, perhaps describing bulbs growing in a lawn (11) |
| SILVERBIRCH | Tree, growing in a crib, to shrivel away (6,5) |
| STARFISH | Known collectively as a galaxy or a constellation, a marine echinoderm inhabiting a coral reef, rock pool, seagrass meadow or kelp forest (8) |
| EYESORE | A weedy lot with trash strewn in it,, e.g. (7) |
| TARE | A weedy bit of a former athlete turning up (4) |
| POSIDONIA | Seagrass plant, called the "lung of the Mediterranean" and a protected species in the Balearics |
| ZOSTERA | Temperature in Azores damaged seagrass |
| MANATEE | Creature that can spend up to eight hours a day chomping on seagrass |
| BONSAI | A dwarf tree growing in a pot (6) |
| OLIVE | Fruit of a tree growing in a grove whose branches symbolise peace (5) |
| TENDRIL | A plant's slender threadlike shoot, often growing in a spiral form (7) |
| SOAKAWAY | Oaks, with a way of growing in a land drain (8) |
| ALPINE | A large tree growing in a mountainous region |
| REED | Stalk of a grass growing in a marshy place |
| BUTTERCUP | Dockside seller is a weedy type |
| NETTLE | A weedy plant with jagged leaves and stinging hairs (6) |
| DEWYEYED | Innocent and naive, when tinged with a weedy dye (4,4) |
