| SORREL | Herbaceous plan also known as spinach dock (6) |
| AXE | Drop a plan (also a tool) |
| PLATOON | Plan also included military unit (7) |
| QUINOA | South American plant with seeds used as rice and leaves as spinach (6) |
| GREENS | Vegetables such as spinach or kale; village centres; or, the colours of holly leaves, pine needles, clementine leaves, elves hats and some tweeds/tartans (6) |
| STEAMS | Cooks, as spinach |
| CHARD | Green, leafy vegetable which features in many Mallorcan dishes, including traditional favourites such as coca and cocarrois, often instead of, or as well as, spinach; local name bledes (5) |
| WILTS | Cooks briefly, as spinach |
| LEAFY | As spinach, cabbage or a tree? (5) |
| ROT | Spoil, as spinach |
| SAAG | In Indian cuisine, a dish made with leafy greens such as spinach (4) |
| SESAME | Tall tropical herbaceous plant of the family Pedaliaceae cultivated for its oil-rich seeds; also known as benne (6) |
| CRAMBE | - - - cordifolia, herbaceous perennial known as flowering sea kale (6) |
| ORACHE | Herbaceous plant such as the garden ..., Atriplex hortensis, that is cultivated as a vegetable (6) |
| RESEDA | Herbaceous plant - also called mignonette - with spikes of sixpetalled blooms (6) |
| SHRUBS | Small woody plants such as box, bay or lavender, often mixed into herbaceous borders with perennials (6) |
| DAHLIA | Showy herbaceous perennial (6) |
| BAHLIA | Showy herbaceous perennial (6) |
| SALVIA | Herbaceous plant - shrub (6) |
| BALSAM | Herbaceous plant in wood close to elm (6) |
