| DIOSPYROS | Genus of over 700 species of trees, shrubs and small bushes including ebony and persimmon trees |
| EBENACEAE | Fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon (9) |
| SOPHORA | Genus of trees/shrubs with pea-like flowers - has poor alternative (7) |
| SESELI | Genus of over 100 herbaceous perennial plants of the Umbelliferae family whose umbels are compound, with bracts few or absent |
| EBONY | What is the hard heartwood of the persimmon tree? (5) |
| VEGETATION | trees, shrubs and grasses |
| FLORA | Trees, shrubs and such |
| TAMARIX | Genus of large, deciduous shrubs and small trees, with tiny, scale-like leaves and feathery small, white to pink flowers (7) |
| ALBIZIA | Also known as the silk tree and cape wattle, this genus of slightly tender shrubs and small trees is a member of the legume family (7) |
| BRUSH | An area of shrubs and small trees (5) |
| CEDAR | - of Lebanon; one of the species of tree commonly found in a Capability Brown landscape (5) |
| ELM | English -; a once common species of tree forming part of the landscape of the British countryside, Ulmus procera (3) |
| IBEX | Any one of several species of tree- and rock-climbing mountainous wild goats, Capra (4) |
| THICKET | Dense area of small trees, shrubs (7) |
| SHRUBBERY | Area of small bushes |
| WHITEASH | Species of tree, fraxinus americana, native to eastern and central North America (5,3) |
| BEVAN | In rugby league, Australian winger who scored over 700 tries for Warrington (5) |
| TOPIARY | Art of shaping trees/shrubs (7) |
| JARRAH | Species of tree, Eucalyptus marginata, of south western Australia (6) |
| GLEE | TV show that ended in March after over 700 musical performances |