| ARBORETUMS | Brute roams wild in botanical gardens |
| GOALLESSDRAW | Possible result of game being in grass allowed to roam wild |
| CUE | Signal for action in botanical gardens heard |
| ALGA | Does it choke ponds in botanical gardens? (4) |
| SKEWERS | Prepares kebabs in botanical gardens wearing half-length trousers (7) |
| ARBORETUM | Flower beds carried first of tulips in botanical garden (9) |
| CALENDAR | No boating in Botanical Garden where some people go for their dates (8) |
| PEAR | Depicted in botanical art, breakfast pieces or still lifes, a pome grown in an orchard or in the espalier-style (4) |
| LILAC | What may turn up in botanical illustration |
| CALLA | Genus of bog arum - in Botanical Latin! (5) |
| SPP | Abbr. for 'Species' in botanical names |
| KEWGARDENS | Grand weeks wasted in botanical display |
| VAR | In botanical plant naming, this contraction is a variety (3) |
| ARBORETA | Silly aberration in leaving botanical gardens |
| KEW | Famous botanical gardens in south-east England (3) |
| SKEW | Slant appears in south at botanical gardens (4) |
| PHYSIC | ____ gardens, growing medicinal plants, were the predecessors of botanical gardens |
| RDW | Royal Botanical Gardens address in Burlington near Hamilton, 680 Plains _._. |
| EMINHNT | In botanical nomenclature, the descriptive word following the capitalised Latin genus name (7) |
| QUINCE | Sacred to Aphrodite and often depicted in botanical art, a fruit related to medlars and apples, used for membrillo, marmalade or jelly with rose geranium (6) |