| HYPERICUM | Genus of herbaceous plants that includes rose of Sharon and Saint John's wort (9) |
| MANTLE | Lady's -; common name for a herbaceous perennial plant in the family that includes rose, meadowsweet, peach and quince, Alchemilla mollis (6) |
| UNB | Canadian sch. with campuses in Fredericton and Saint John |
| CHIGWELL | Essex home town of Sharon and Tracey in Birds of a Feather (8) |
| AIMEE | "Raining Gold" singer Ms. Osbourne (Daughter of Sharon and Ozzy) |
| NORTHAMPTON | County town that had Bridge Street, Castle and St Johns stations (11) |
| BRIAR | Family that includes roses |
| ENDS | Victoria and St. John's, for the Trans-Canada Highway |
| NICOTIANA | Genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs in the family Solanaceae to which the tobaccos belong (9) |
| CORYDALIS | Genus of herbaceous plants, with spurred tubular flowers (9) |
| RESEDA | Genus of herbaceous plants that includes dyer's rocket and white mignonette |
| NEPETA | Genus of herbaceous plants that includes the catmint (6) |
| HYACINTHS | Cynthia liberally feeds borders of herbaceous plants (9) |
| MALLOW | English name for a family of herbaceous plants that includes cotton, hibiscus, hollyhocks and okra, from which the colour mauve derives its name (6) |
| PERENNIAL | A woody or herbaceous plant that continues its growth for at least three years (9) |
| BEDSTRAWS | Common name for several galiums - herbaceous plants with small white or yellow flowers, and slender leaves (formerly used for stuffing mattresses) (9) |
| SOLANUM | A type of herbaceous plant that includes some nightshades (7) |
| PATRINIA | Patricia replaces carbon with nitrogen for genus of herbaceous plants with sprays of small flowers (8) |
| RHEUM | Genus of herbaceous plants of the family Polygonaceae to which rhubarb belongs (5) |
| LANTANA | American genus of herbaceous plants having spikes of yellow or oranges flowers (7) |
