| SNAPDRAGON | Plant with spikes of flowers (10) |
| LUPIN | Cottage garden perennial plant with spikes of flowers in all colours growing in all parts of the world, notably the shores of Lake Tekapo in New Zealand (5) |
| LARKSPUR | Plant with spikes of flowers (8) |
| SNAPDRAGONS | Plants with spikes of flowers resembling face with mouth (11) |
| GLADIOLI | Perennial plants with spikes of flowers (8) |
| DELPHINIUM | Plant with spike of blue flowers |
| DYERSROCKET | Plant with spikes of yellowish-green flowers, known since Neolithic times as the source of a yellow colouring called weld (5,6) |
| LILY | --- of the valley, garden plant with spikes of white bell-shaped fragrant flowers (4) |
| GOLDENROD | Plant with spikes of tiny golden flowers (9) |
| MULLEIN | Plant with spikes of yellow flowers |
| REDHOTPOKER | Plant with spikes of brightly coloured flowers (3-3,5) |
| YUCCA | Stiff-leaved plant with spikes of white or purplish flowers (5) |
| CATMINT | Plant with spikes of purple flowers and scented leaves which are attractive to felines (7) |
| BASIL | Eurasian plant with spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves (5) |
| HYSSOP | Aromatic plant with spikes of small blue flowers whose leaves are used in cooking |
| AGRIMONY | From Greek for "poppy", thought due to its ancient use as a sedative, a plant with spikes of yellow flowers, hence its other names including church steeples, fairy wand and sticklewort (8) |
| ASPHODEL | Southern European plant with spikes of white or yellow flowers (8) |
| HEBE | Largest genus of native plants with spikes of blue, white and mauve flowers (4) |
| VERONICA | Plant with spikes of blue or purple |
| DELPHINIA | Garden plants with spikes of spurred flowers (9) |