| PRIMROSE | Related to cowslips and oxlips, one of the floral symbols of February with violet, often blooming in the countryside around Mothering Sunday (8) |
| HEATHER | Evergreen moorland shrub also called ling; one of the floral symbols of Scotland (7) |
| PRIMROSES | Cited in works by Shakespeare, Coleridge and Wordsworth, pale yellow blooms related to cowslips, polyanthus and auricula; floral symbols of Devon (9) |
| CYCLAMEN | With rosy-pink flowers from August to September, a tuberous perennial related to primroses, cowslips and the scarlet pimpernel (8) |
| FASTER | Flower after the first of February with greater speed (6) |
| FLORAL | Of orchids and oxlips |
| SYNONYMY | Sonny excited last February with my study of alternatives (8) |
| HELSTON | Cornish town, home of the Floral Dance (7) |
| PRIMULA | Genus of herbaceous flowering plants of the order Ericales that includes the cowslip and oxlip (7) |
| COWSLIP | Related to primrose and oxlip, spring meadow flower "paigle" or "key of heaven" that is a food plant of Duke of Burgundy caterpillars (7) |
| FLOWERCHILD | Said of a hippy, who wore floral symbols of peace and love (6,5) |
| CHRYSANTHEMUM | Floral symbol of the Emperor of Japan and the Imperial House |
| SUFFOLK | With the floral emblem of the oxlip, county in which amateur archaeologist Basil Brown unearthed and excavated an Anglo- Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo (7) |
| WOODLAND | Natural habitat also called boscage, whose springtime flora in ancient examples often includes bluebells, lily of the valley, primroses, oxlips, ramsons and violets (8) |
| HYDRANGEA | Blooming in Japan during its rainy season, colour-changing flower ranging from white and pink to blue and purple depending on the soil pH and cultivar (9) |
| WILD | Word for something untamed, wandering or in its native state - from bluebell, corncockle, cowslip and foxglove of Britain's verdant estate to the saker falcon, flying free in Kuwait (4) |
| BUTTERCUPS | Yellow pollinators blooming in meadows and woodland edges, often with camassias, poppies, ragged robin, red campion and other wild flowers (10) |
| PEONY | Symbolising enduring friendship, loyalty and honour, a floral symbol of China with plum blossom (5) |
| WILDFLOWERS | Plants growing naturally and forming an intrinsic part of the ecosystem of woodlands, meadows and country lanes such as bluebells, cowslips, ramsons, wood anemones or violets (4,7) |
| POHUTUKAWA | Coastal tree of the myrtle family, its flowers blooming in October and November (10) |
