| HERBARIUM | Gathering of dried plants - the lady's element |
| ANTHER | Bit of plant the lady's found by insect |
| HORTUS | - siccus; Latin name for a type of annotated album of dried plants, also called a herbarium (6) |
| HERBARIA | Collections of dried plants (8) |
| POURRI | Pot-__, French term for a mixture of dried plants chosen for their scents (6) |
| STEMS | Units of reproduction of flowering plants, the world's biggest being that of the coco de mer palm, the world's biggest (5) |
| PITH | Cellular medulla in the stems of dicotyledonous plants; the similar spongy white mesocarp of an orange; a feather's interior; or, by extension, the crux or essence of something (4) |
| SUN | In the process of photosynthesis, the ___ provides plants the energy they need to grow Parents |
| TRIFFIDS | Film about carnivorous plants: The Day Of The ___ |
| GENTIANA | Genus of flowering plants, the most famous of which are bright blue, at their best in spring and autumn (8) |
| CERINTHE | Genus of honeywort plants - the nicer sort! (8) |
| MALLARDS | Wild dabbling ducks feeding on shellfish, seeds, berries, acorns and plants, the male of which with iridescent green head feathers (8) |
| OVARY | In seed plants, the female reproductive part that produces the gamete - egg |
| OVULE | In seed plants, the female reproductive part that produces the gamete - egg |
| FERNDALE | Detroit suburb named for the plants the area was once overgrown with |
| THEDAYOF | John Wyndham novel featuring killer plants, ... The Triffids (3,3,2) |
| SAP | In plants, the juice or fluid essential to nutrition (3) |
| REEDS | Wetland plants the Red Sea endlessly produces? (5) |
| GRASSES | Plants the informers (7) |
| PRUNE | Trim plants, ... the roses |
