| CONIFER | Tree such as a pine or yew (7) |
| BLOSSOM | A flower or mass of flowers preceding the fruit of a rosaceous tree, such as the almond, apple, cherry, peach or plum; or, the state or season of such efflorescence (7) |
| TREETOP | Uppermost part of a pine or palm |
| SEQUOIA | Giant Californian coniferous tree such as the redwood (7) |
| BUCKEYE | North American tree such as the Ohio ---, Aesculus glabra (7) |
| ACER | Tree such as a maple (4) |
| EVERGREEN | Tree or plant that retains its foliage all year round such as bay, box, pine, rosemary or yew (9) |
| NEEDLE | Slender adult leaf of a pine or fir tree; or, one of a pair of tools used for knitting (6) |
| VIBURNUM | Temperate or subtropical shrub or tree, such as the wayfaring tree (8) |
| SOFTWOOD | The timber acquired from a pine or spruce tree (8) |
| HARDWOOD | Timber of a dicot tree, such as oak or eucalyptus (8) |
| TOPIARIST | Word for a "fancy gardener" or plant sculptor who clips living bay, boxwood, holly, privet or yew trees into ornamental shapes as enduring works of art in the landscape (9) |
| SHRUB | Woody plant smaller than a tree such as hydrangea, hibiscus, lilac or azalea (5) |
| ELEMI | Fragrant resin with a pine- or frankincense-like scent (5) |
| AITCH | A pine or hazel primarily? |
| HORNBEAM | Hardwood tree such as the Japanese ___, European ___ or American ___ (8) |
| MALLEE | Australian eucalyptus tree such as the Blackbutt ___ or Plunkett ___ (6) |
| CITRUS | Tree such as lemon or lime |
| ACACIA | What'll sound like a tree such as this? (6) |
| SILVERFIR | Tree such as Abies alba, whose leaves have a silvery undersurface (9) |
