| CORNFLOWERS | Expression of surprise confusing low ferns and small plants (11) |
| SEEDLINGS | See the results of accidents around large and small plants (9) |
| SUNFLOWER | You scour low ferns for other growth (9) |
| FORESTFLOOR | Place for ferns and pine needles |
| UNDERGROWTH | Small plants growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest (11) |
| TOMTHUMB | "Pollex"-sized hero of English folklore whose tininess inspired the names of various small plants and vegetables, including a birdsfoot trefoil, a butterhead lettuce, a dwarf snapdragon and a nasturti |
| BLUEGENTIAN | One common name for a small plant of Alpine meadows, rare in northern Europe but found in the Upper Teesdale site of special scientific interest |
| FORGETMENOT | Small plant with clusters of light blue flowers, regarded as an emblem of loving remembrance |
| EMBARRASSED | Hanging small plant outside - that's awkward (11) |
| STREETLIGHT | Small plant left covered by rigid lamp (11) |
| ACOTYLEDON | Any plant that lacks seed leaves (orchid, dodder etc.); extended to seedless plants such as ferns and mosses (10) |
| ENTREES | Regularly chopped ferns and oaks, say, for starters |
| REFRESHMENTS | Eats tree ferns and humus? Odd! (12) |
| FRONDS | What are finely divided leaves, as applied to ferns and their like (6) |
| SPORES | Reproductive cells for ferns and fungi |
| BRACKEN | Fern and Ben collecting instrument of torture (7) |
| SWEETCICELY | Eccentric English cyclist touring small plant |
| BLACKMEDICK | Small plant, Medicago lupulina, also called nonesuch (5,6) |
| MOSSES | Observer of burning bush enveloping small plants (6) |
| SPINES | Prickly parts of small plants (6) |
