| HOLLYHOCK | Related to cotton, cacao and hibiscus, a self-sowing cottage garden plant with tall stems of cream, peach, scarlet or creme de cassis flowers (9) |
| MARSHMALLOW | Plant related to cotton, cacao, hibiscus and hollyhock (11) |
| AARONS | ____ rod, native British wild flower with a tall stem that is also called common mullein (6) |
| HAIKU | Type of poem, such as Matsuo Basho's 'In the twilight rain/these brilliant-hued hibiscus.../A lovely sunset' (5) |
| LUPIN | Papilionaceous cottage garden plant with butterfly-like flowers, often paired with delphiniums (5) |
| BALSAM | Staple cottage-garden plant with exploding seedpods ... part global samphire (6) |
| MALLOW | Common -; related to hollyhocks and hibiscus, the hardy herbaceous cottage garden plant from which the colour mauve derived its name (6) |
| CACTUS | Take first part of cacao and last part of lotus to produce a desert plant (6) |
| DELPHINIUM | Garden plant with tall spikes of usually blue flowers (10) |
| ALEXANDER | King of Macedon from 336-323 BC; or, a gin- or brandy-based cocktail with creme de cacao and cream (9) |
| SWEETPEAS | Climbing cottage garden plants with fragrant blooms (9) |
| COTTON | Fibre derived from a plant related to cacao and okra (6) |
| GRASSHOPPER | Iced cocktail of crAme de menthe, crAme de cacao, and cream (11) |
| CAJOLE | Cottage garden perennial herb traditionally grown as part of a potager near a kitchen door, used to |
| NIGELLA | Genus of love-in-a-mist, a self-seeding cottage garden flower often appearing in paving or herbaceous borders (7) |
| AGAVE | Tropical American plant with tall flower stalks rising from a rosette of thick fleshy leaves (5) |
| EAGER | Keen to be part of the hydrangea, geranium and hibiscus club (5) |
| IBIS | Large wading bird found in warm temperate and tropical regions - and hibiscus! (4) |
| SWEETPEA | Key to Gregor Mendel's discovery of the basic principles of heredity or inheritance, quintessential cottage garden flowers with fragrant butterfly-shaped pastel-coloured blooms (5,3) |
| PANSY | Also known as heart's-ease or three-faces-under-a-hood, a cottage garden viola suitable for crystallising or pressing; or, a soft bluish-purple or vibrant violet colour, reminiscent of said flower's p |
