| OXALIS | Difficult-to-remove weeds, and a genus of flowering plants of the wood sorrel family (6) |
| SPUD | A small, narrow spade for cutting the roots of plants, especially weeds - and a potato! (4) |
| DUTCHHOE | Type of gardening tool used to remove weeds and break up soil (5,3) |
| DUTCH | Garden tool used to remove weeds and break up soil, - - - hoe (5) |
| HOEING | Gardening or farming activity in which one removes weeds and clears soil (6) |
| ADRIATIC | Detail both a weed and a parasite in sea (8) |
| STARFRUIT | Carambola; borne by the Averrhoa carambola of the wood sorrel family (4,5) |
| CARAMBOLA | A small East Indian tree of the wood-sorrel family (9) |
| SILENE | Genus of flowering plants of the family Caryophyllaceae that includes the campions and catchflies (6) |
| ATHENE | Name shared by a Greek goddess and a genus of owls (6) |
| CROCUS | A genus of flowering plants in the iris family (6) |
| ALLIUM | Genus of bulbous flowering plants of the family Amaryllidaceae that includes onions, leeks, garlic etc. (6) |
| SENNA | Large genus of flowering plants of the pea family - and the surname of a late Brazilian F1 racing driver (5) |
| TATTOO | Which skin marking is difficult to remove (6) |
| CLEANS | Gets rid of weeds and other unwanted vegetation (6) |
| HOEKIE | Skoffel out weeds and last blackjack that's in little corner (6) |
| WEAVED | Got a little Virginian weed and made some cloth with it (6) |
| AUBRIETIA | A genus of flowering plants of the cabbage family (9) |
| ASTER | Genus of flowering plants of the family Asteraceae that includes the goldilocks and Michaelmas daisy (5) |
| ACANTHUS | Genus of flowering plants of the family Acanthaceae, to which the bear's breech belongs (8) |
