| MONTBRETIA | The invasive hybrid plant Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora, illegal to plant or grow in the wild in Britain since 2010 |
| EAST | Direction, as in Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Star of the ___' (4) |
| MAJESTY | Regal cultivar of hosta, as well as Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'His ___' (7) |
| POWER | Lead-in to plant or hitter |
| EGG | Word attached to plant or head |
| BOTANIC | Of or relating to plants or botany. |
| ADAMSON | She raised the lion cub, Elsa, to maturity and release back into the wild in Kenya in the 50s, Born |
| BARBARYAPE | The only breed of monkey to live in the wild in Europe |
| NEWTS | ____ in the wild in Britain may be smooth, palmate or great crested |
| AUSTRALIA | The platypus can be found in the wild in ___ |
| WATERCRESS | Leaf vegetable found in the wild in chalk streams in Britain (10) |
| ASPHODEL | In Greek mythology, the flower said to grow in the region of the underworld occupied by ordinary (i.e. non-heroic) souls (8) |
| TEBETH | Gamble to enter the wild in tenth month of the Hebrew religious calendar (6) |
| LION | Celebrity found in the wild in Africa |
| INCHWORM | Sat upon by a blue caterpillar in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a fruiting body with pieces eaten by Alice in order to shrink or grow (8) |
| POTS | Any of various vessels in which to brew tea, hold lobsters, cook soup, stew or stock or grow flowers on a plant theatre (4) |
| HABITAT | The environment in which an animal or plant normally lives or grows (7) |
| HOSTA | The host has a leafy plant that can grow in the shade (5) |
| COMEOFAGE | Rival falls over in unconscious state? Force to finally change or grow up! (4,2,3) |
| SALTPAN | Hybrid plant as found in a shallow basin by the sea (7) |
