| MISTED | Sprayed the plants |
| REEDMACE | What is the common name for any of the plants of the genus Typha? (4,4) |
| NITROGEN | The first of the nurserymen to get iron mixture - it helps the plants to grow (8) |
| ALLIUM | From the Latin meaning garlic, any of the plants related to the latter including chives, leeks, onions, ramsons and shallots (6) |
| STEMS | The saint measures the supports given in the plants (5) |
| DATE | Palm fruit whose name, meaning "finger", refers to the shape of the plant's leaves; or, any one of the specified days of the month represented on a calendar (4) |
| CORN | Word for the collective frumentarious grain of oats, rye or wheat; the plants themselves; or, maize when cooked on the cob (4) |
| GRASSES | Spills the beans about the plants? (7) |
| GEOTROPIC | Price to go travelling up and down with the growth of the plants (9) |
| FERNERY | Garden for the cultivation of the plants studied in pteridology (7) |
| PHOSPHATE | Potash he arranged round the first of the plants for fertiliser (9) |
| ALOES | For the Cockney, circles overhead to get the plants (5) |
| HEDERA | "The Holly and the (plants of this genus)"! (6) |
| BUSHES | On the understanding he's to get the plants (6) |
| FERNDALE | Detroit suburb named for the plants the area was once overgrown with |
| ONRUSHES | Quick forward movements onto the plants near the water (8) |
| HOSING | Was an Old Testament prophet in the first garden, watering the plants? (6) |
| VINERY | A greenhouse for the cultivation of the plants yielding grapes (6) |
| HEDGE | Layoff bets along the border where the plants are (5) |
| NURSERY | The beginners' slopes are where the plants are reared (7) |
