| HARDYANNUAL | Plant able to grow in the open all year round (5,6) |
| ALPINES | Plants able to grow much higher than others |
| HALFHARDY | Of a plant, able to withstand all but severe frost (4-5) |
| HARDY | (Of a plant) able to survive adverse conditions |
| ASPHODEL | In Greek mythology, the flower said to grow in the region of the underworld occupied by ordinary (i.e. non-heroic) souls (8) |
| PERMATANNED | Having bronzed skin all year round (5-6) |
| INVESTIGATE | Enquire into invoice, one beginning to grow in housing area (11) |
| VEGETATE | To grow in the manner of plants, is to do what (8) |
| WATERTUPELO | Common name for Nyssa aquatica, a large, long-lived tree that grows in the swamps and floodplains of the south-eastern US (5,6) |
| ROT | Start to "grow" in the fridge, say |
| ROOT | Begin to grow in the ground |
| MONTBRETIA | The invasive hybrid plant Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora, illegal to plant or grow in the wild in Britain since 2010 |
| SWELL | In early Spring we will be able to grow (5) |
| SEED | If you plant one of these you might be able to grow flowers |
| HOSTA | The host has a leafy plant that can grow in the shade (5) |
| POORSOIL | Short of money for clay - without it you won't be able to grow the perfect grapes? (4,4) |
| EXPANSIBLE | Ten plebeians somehow able to grow (10) |
| EUNDO | Fama is able to grow "by going" (Aen 4.175): "viresque adquirit ____" |
| BESTIAL | It's able to grow wild like an animal |
| TREE | Could it grow in the middle of the street? (4) |
