| PERENNIAL | Lift and pot up tender ___ plants, such as chocolate cosmos (9) |
| SUMMER | It's a good time to pot up tender perennials from ___ bedding and bring indoors (6) |
| ROOTS | Lift and pot up chicory ___ to force in the dark (5) |
| REDDER | Lift and pot up ___ perennials to protect from winter frost (6) |
| BAR | Counter in a pub or cafe; or, a rectangular block of something such as chocolate or soap (3) |
| ENTERED | Drew up tender, at the end, so got into the competition (7) |
| EROS | Send up tender love god (4) |
| POISONOUS | ___ plants are the subjects of this week's Miscellany! (9) |
| STONEWARE | Durable type of pottery used for vintage flagons, Provencal tians, Japanese tea bowls, tapas dishes, bread crocks and pots for kitchen utensils (9) |
| LARCENOUS | With the propensity to lift and, somehow, rouse clan (9) |
| EPHEMERAL | ____ plants have short life cycles |
| EVERGREEN | In binomial nomenclature, "sempervirens" denotes ____ plants |
| DRAPER | Victorian Neoclassical painter noted for The Lament for Icarus as well as The Vintage Morn, A Water Baby, By Summer Seas and Pot Pourri (6) |
| EARTHENWARE | Vessels such as bowls and pots made of baked clay (11) |
| GUMBO | Soup that fills old boy's pot up |
| TOP | Pot up - that's the upper limit! (3) |
| CACAO | A tropical tree with bean-like seeds prepared as chocolate (5) |
| SOUP | Pot up nose: true? False! (4,6) |
| NEEPS | Vegetables spotted covering top of pot up |
| TENDERS | Offers to score well and pot the reds |
