| STRELITZIA | A South African plant of the banana family with large showy flowers |
| PROTEA | Possibly repot a South African plant best grown in conservatory (6) |
| CALLA | Name a South African plant |
| ALOE | South African plant of the lily family with fleshy and spiny along the edges, the juice of which is used as a bitter laxative |
| PEONY | Plant in the buttercup family With large. showy globular flowers, the Balearic variety was once widespread in Mallorca but is now more limited to the mountainous north-west of the Island (5) |
| ABACA | Philippine plant of the banana family (Musaceae) whose leafstalks are the source of Manila hemp (5) |
| POINCIANA | Tropical tree of the pea family with large showy red flowers (9) |
| STAPELIA | South African plant of the family Apocynaceae whose foul smell has earned it the name carrion flower (8) |
| IXIA | South African plant of the iris family (4) |
| LILY | Plant with large, showy flowers, grown from a bulb (4) |
| NELUMBO | Genus of aquatic plants with large showy flowers (7) |
| CANNA | Plant with large, showy flowers |
| DAHLIA | Plant with large, showy flowers |
| TULIPS | Popular spring bulbs with large, showy flowers (6) |
| PLANTAIN | Fruit of the banana family (8) |
| RHODODENDRON | Shrub with large showy flowers |
| AGAPANTHUS | Southern African plant of the lily family - haunts a gap (anag) (10) |
| TULIPTREE | Large African plant of the genus Spathodea (5,4) |
| GARDENA | Plant of the daisy family with large, brightly-coloured flowers (7) |
| PAEONIA | Genus of blooms with large, showy bowl-shaped flowers (7) |
