| JAPONICA | Common name of the flowering quince, which came orig. from Japan (8) |
| CHAENOMELES | Genus of the flowering quince (11) |
| RUNCIBLE | "They dined on mince and slices of quince, which they ate with a - spoon" (The Owl and the Pussy-Cat) (8) |
| SACREDLILY | Chinese - -; a common name of the flowering bulb plant related to paperwhites, Narcissus tazetta (10 |
| LILAC | Common name of the flowering shrub syringa (5) |
| BREATH | Baby's _, common name of the flowering plant Gypsophila paniculata (6) |
| KNAP | Crest of a hill, as in the flowering quince variety '___ Hill Scarlet' (4) |
| DECHINE | Silk fabric, orig. from China, crepe ___ (2,5) |
| RUNCIBLESPOON | "They dined on mince and slices of quince / which they ate with a ____" (The Owl and the Pussy-Cat) |
| LALAKER | NBAer orig. from Minnesota |
| JAPANESEMAPLE | A 14 across tree with deeply divided leaves, orig. from Far East (8,5) |
| ABUTILON | Genus of the flowering maple, Indian mallow and velvet-leaf (8) |
| HIBISCUS | Memsahib is custodian of the flowering shrub (8) |
| STIRRUPS | Invention which came around 4000 years after man domesticated the horse (8) |
| PROLONGS | Deadheading, in most cases, ___ the flowering season (8) |
| MIQUELIA | Genus in the flowering plant family Icacinaceae (8) |
| WISTERIA | As I write badly about the flowering vine (8) |
| HAREBELL | Corrected her label for the flowering plant (8) |
| OLEANDER | Cheer queen, also in the flowering shrub (8) |
| CAMELLIA | E-mail Cal about the flowering shrub (8) |
