| VERBENA | Group of summer-flowering annuals and perennials (7) |
| NEMESIA | See main genus of African summer-flowering annuals and perennials, with variously coloured, slightly spurred flowers! (anag.) (7) |
| NIGELLA | Celebrity TV chef - and a genus of summer-flowering annuals! (7) |
| RIVER | The __ Boys, dwindling group of Summer Bay bad lads (5) |
| CLARKIA | Genus of flowering annuals, many of which used to be godetia! (7) |
| PETUNIA | Genus of summer-flowering bedding and tuberous plants (7) |
| SILENE | Very broad genus of annuals and perennials - the campion and catchfly (6) |
| GALIUM | Genus of annuals and perennials, which include lady's bedstraw, cleavers and sweet woodruff (6) |
| DEUTZIA | Genus of spring and summer-flowering shrubs, of the hydrangea family (7) |
| SCARLET | - - - Pimpernel, common annual and hero of Baroness Orczy novels (7) |
| LOBELIA | Small, blue-flowering annual - able to be mixed with oil (7) |
| ZINNIAS | Popular brightly flowering annual bedding plants (7) |
| EMPEROR | Empire, as in 'Purple ___' (the cultivar of a late-summer flowering former sedum, now known Hylotelephium telephium) (7) |
| CORNCOCKLE | Common ?, summer-flowering annual plant with large reddish-purple flowers |
| URSINIA | Genus of annuals from South Africa in the chamomile tribe within the daisy family, usually with orange or yellow flowers (7) |
| IBERIS | Genus of annuals and evergreen perennials commonly called candytuft (6) |
| HERBAGE | Annuals, perennials, etc. |
| ALSORAN | Runner-up uncovered in annuals or annals (4-3) |
| ABELMOSCHUS | Genus of annual and perennial flowering plants of the mallow family (closely related to hibiscus), including the tropical vegetable okra (11) |
| IAN | --- Allan, publisher of annuals and trainspotters' books! (3) |
