| HESPERANTHA | Name of late summer and autumn flowering bulbs, formerly known as schizostylis (11) |
| VISCOUNTESS | Woman in the fourth rank of nobility, as in the cultivar of Hesperantha coccinea '___ Byng' (formerly a schizostylis) (11) |
| CROCUSES | Saffron is obtained from these autumn-flowering bulbs (8) |
| RASPBERRIES | And 'Autumn Bliss' are all cultivars of these fruits (11) |
| JOHNLECARRE | Pen name of late thriller writer David John Moore Cornwell (4,2,5) |
| ROSES | Plants in the apple family with berry-like fruits known as hips in late summer and autumn (5) |
| BRAMBLE | Prickly scrambling shrub whose blackberries are foraged in late summer and autumn and used for home-made puddings, liqueurs, jellies and jams (7) |
| PUFFBALL | Giant ____, mushroom found in the UK in late summer and autumn (8) |
| TULIPOMANIA | Well-documented period in the dutch Golden age fuelled by the obsessive desire for the same spring-flowering bulb (11) |
| CALLUNA | Evergreen summer and autumn heather sometimes called ling (7) |
| JETBLACK | Professional name of late ex-drummer and founding member of The Stranglers (3,5) |
| ERA | A long time in summer and autumn (3) |
| GALTONIA | Genus of summer-flowering bulbs with bell-shaped flowers - got liana twisted (8) |
| AMANA | Genus of flowering bulbs closely related to tulips found in China, Japan and Korea |
| AMARYLLIS | Small genus of flowering bulbs which includes belladonna lily, naked lady and amarillo (9) |
| LEFTEYE | Stage name of late singer Lisa Lopes, one-third of TLC |
| ENGLAND | In part of the UK, New ___ is a strain of late-summer asters, while Calamagrostis x acutiflora '___' is a variegated ornamental grass! (7) |
| RUDBECKIA | Genus of late summer, yellow, daisy-flowered perennials (9) |
| RAGO | A Sky of Late Summer poet, Henry ___ (b.1915 - d.1969) |
| GENTIANA | Genus of flowering plants, the most famous of which are bright blue, at their best in spring and autumn (8) |
