| VERNA | The spring gentian, Gentiana - - - - -, grown for its bright blue flowers (5) |
| ALPINE | Flower growing at high altitude such as the mountain cowslip, snowbell, mountain avens or spring gentian, often used in rockeries (6) |
| AZURE | Sky-blue colour of Gentiana makinoi 'Sensation' (5) |
| GENTIAN | Plant of the genus Gentiana having blue, yellow, white or red showy flowers (7) |
| JAPONICA | Japanese quince, cultivated for its bright red flowers and edible yellow fruit; family Rosaceae (8) |
| CHINAASTER | *Annual known for its bright showy blooms |
| BANANA | Pepper that's often pickled, named for its bright yellow color |
| RIGEL | Looked upon by the Witch Head Nebula, the bright blue supergiant in Orion the Hunter's "foot" (5) |
| SHINY | It's bright to climb on branch (5) |
| VIVID | It's bright by five to four one day (5) |
| ROBIN | Bird with a bright orange belly and bright blue eggs |
| MITCH | NZ "Bright Blue Skies" singer, ... James (5) |
| TOTEM | Type of pole caught two bright blue bream by the tails? |
| MIDGE | Fly in amid gentians (5) |
| FORGETMENOT | Plant of the borage family, usually with bright blue flowers (6-2-3) |
| BSTAR | Bright, blue-white heavenly body |
| LAPIS | ___ lazuli: bright blue gem? |
| MOONFLOWER | Tall, annual plant, usually with bright blue flowers (10) |
| BORAGE | European plant with bright blue flowers (6) |
| REDSTART | Identifiable by its bright orange tail, a robin-sized chat visiting the UK in the summer (8) |
