| GLADIOLI | Plants with sword-shaped leaves and long spikes of brightly coloured flowers (8) |
| AGRIMONY | Temperate rosaceous plant having compound leaves and long spikes of small yellow flowers (8) |
| REEDMACE | A tall marsh plant with strap-like leaves and long, brown, sausage-shaped flower spikes (4,4) |
| GLADIOLUS | Genus of plants with swordshaped leaves and spikes of brightly coloured flowers (9) |
| BUDDLEIA | Ornamental shrub with long spikes of mauve flowers; attractive to butterflies (8) |
| GLADIOLA | Plants with sword-shaped leaves (8) |
| LARKSPUR | Any plant of the genus Delphinium in the family Ranunculaceae (buttercups), bearing long spikes of showy flowers (8) |
| LUPIN | Plant of North America, Europe and Africa with large spikes of brightly coloured flowers (5) |
| FLAGIRIS | Wetland plant with sword-like leaves and drooping, brightly coloured petals (6,4,4) |
| HYACINTH | Garden plant with sword-shaped leaves |
| REDHOTPOKER | Plant with spikes of brightly coloured flowers (3-3,5) |
| PHORMIUM | Architectural plant with sword-like leaves - for me, um, it's said! (8) |
| IRIS | Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals. |
| ZINNIA | Genus of plants with solitary heads of brightly coloured flowers (6) |
| AZALEA | Deciduous shrub with clusters of brightly-coloured flowers (6) |
| LIATRIS | North American plants with long spikes of purplish flowers. (7) |
| ANANAS | A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples). |
| YUCCAS | Plants with pointed, rigid, sword-shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers (6) |
| YUCCA | Genus of perennial shrubs and trees with stiff sword-shaped leaves and white flowers |
| SPEARMINT | Herbaceous perennial plant with long spikes of lilac flowers that yields an oil used for flavouring (9) |
