| ANNUALS | Plants with a one-year life cycle such as dahlias, begonias, marigolds, Chrysanthemums, cosmos, nasturtiums and snapdragons (7) |
| ANNUAL | Type of yearbook; or, a plant with a one-year life cycle such as marigold (6) |
| BIOLOGICALCLOCK | The body's inner mechanism that regulates cycles, such as circadian rhythms (10,5) |
| BLUECAP | A titmouse; a flame-like folkloric mine fairy; a one-year-old salmon with a spotted head; or, a Balmoral bonnet, hence a Shakespearean or colloquial term for a Scotsman (7) |
| BIENNIAL | Type of plant with a two-year life cycle - foxglove, sweet William. clove pink, night-scented stock, Canterbury bell, to name a few (8) |
| MARIGOLD | Flower in the family that includes chrysanthemums, daisies and dahlias with a species used as a companion plant (8) |
| CICADAS | Insects with a 17-year life cycle |
| CICADA | Insect with a 17 year life cycle |
| ORCHID | Common name of a family of flowering plants with a species resembling a bee (6) |
| BRUEGHEL | Flemish artist nicknamed Velvet, noted for floral compositions such as Flowers in a Wooden Vessel and Still Life with Tulips, Chrysanthemums, Narcissi, Roses, Irises and other Flowers in a Glass Vase |
| AGAVE | Genus of plants with a species used for tequila and another known as the century plant from which a natural sweetener derives (5) |
| TRILLIUM | Genus of plants with a whorl of three leaves and a single central white, purple or pink three-petall |
| SEDGE | Any of various grass-like plants with a triangular stem associated with wetlands (5) |
| PROCONSUL | Governor of a senatorial province in imperial Rome, typically appointed for a one-year term (9) |
| DAISY | Common name of the largest family of flowering plants - chrysanthemums, dahlias, dandelions, camomile, marigolds and lettuces all being members (5) |
| EARWIG | Auricularia) - a pest of clematis, dahlias and chrysanthemums, feeding mainly after sunset (6) |
| LEVELCROCUSES | Plants with a carpentry tool attached, so the florist can make sure their stems grow straight? |
| BYAS | D ?, former Yorkshire CCC captain who joined Lancashire on a one-year contract in 2002 (4) |
| METHUSELAH | Patriarch with 969-year life span, the longest in the Bible |
| DORA | Forename of the artist "Carrington" who painted Cyclamen in a Pot, Dahlias, Iris Tree on a Horse, Tidmarsh Mill, Tulips in a Staffordshire Jug and a portrait of Lytton Strachey (4) |
