| BULLFINCH | Known collectively as a bellowing, a colourful garden bird fond of pear, apple and gooseberry buds and blossom (9) |
| GOLDFINCH | Depicted in a painting by Carel Fabritius that inspired a novel by Donna Tartt, a colourful garden bird known collectively as a charm (9) |
| PALATE | Discerning taste buds, a good ... |
| POMES | Pear, apple and quince |
| STANDARDROSE | Flag went up as a colourful garden feature (8,4) |
| BLUETIT | Colourful garden bird (4,3) |
| INFLOWER | Like a colorful garden |
| INBLOOM | Like a colorful garden |
| SQUARE | A tool for determining a right angle; a cotton flower-bud; a quadrilateral; or, something four-sided, such as a cell in a crossword grid, a chocolate brownie, a formation of troops, a marketplace, a m |
| BUTTON | Any one of the bijou nacre objects ornamenting the costumes of the London costermongers known as pearly kings/queens; a bud; a small disc of chocolate; a knob at the end of a foil; or, anything of lit |
| RIBES | Plant genus of the family Grossulariaceae that includes the blackcurrant, redcurrant and gooseberry (5) |
| AROAR | Like a bellowing crowd |
| DAHLIAS | Lift and store tubers of these colourful garden favourites (7) |
| BLOOM | An open bud; a rosy colour; a healthy glow to the cheeks or complexion; or, a powdery coating on chocolate, grapes or plums (5) |
| BUNYIP | Bellowing monster of Australian Aboriginal legend said to inhabit inland bodies of water such as swamps and devour its human prey (6) |
| FOGHORN | Word for a booming noisemaker serving to warn sailors/ships in brume, fret, haar or mist; or, a loud bellowing voice, evocative of such a klaxon (7) |
| FUCHSIA | Colourful garden flower, if such a variety exists (7) |
| LUPIN | Colourful garden plant with tall spikes of flowers (5) |
| SPROUT | Bud; a type of cabbage |
| ANEMONE | Colourful garden flower (7) |