| ARDENS | The scarlet-flowered hybrid, Pelargonium '___' - in garden soil (6) |
| GANGES | River that flows through India and Bangladesh, as in the zonal 'Rushmoor Pelargonium ___' (6) |
| BEDAUB | Gold initially buried under garden soil (6) |
| UNIT | Single entity found in a fun item, as in the dwarf pelargonium '___y'! (4) |
| MINX | Alluring, cunning, or boldly flirtatious young woman, as in the Dianthus 'Mendlesham ___' and the miniature Pelargonium '___' (4) |
| ASHBY | Pelargonium '___' the deep-pink blooms of which have a crimson centre (5) |
| MARS | The Red Planet or a scarlet-flowered alstroemeria hybrid (4) |
| OCOTILLO | Spiny, scarlet-flowered shrub of the southwestern US and Mexico |
| EVITA | Scarlet-flowered gloxinia variety named after Argentina's Eva Peron (5) |
| LOAM | Behold the morning showing good garden soil |
| SPEARLILY | Scarlet-flowered perennial |
| MUD | Garden soil after the rain |
| HOED | Worked the garden soil |
| HOES | Worked the garden soil (4) |
| PLOUGHED | Garden soil may be dug over, whereas a field is ___! (8) |
| ROAM | Nothing to hit hard around garden soil |
| WEARTHIN | Get old land, including garden soil (4,4) |
| LIME | Garden soil conditioner whose active ingredient is calcium carbonate (4) |
| NOEL | Christmassy Edmonds, Fielding and Gallagher, as in the zonal pelargonium variety, and the rambler rose 'Paul ___'! (4) |
| GERANIUM | From Greek for "crane", a plant with seedpods reminiscent of cranes' bills; a pelargonium; or, the pink, red or scarlet colour of many cultivated varieties of the aforesaid flower (8) |
