| ALKANET | Common name for the blue flowering Anchusa officinalis - a key provider of nectar for wildlife (7) |
| MAKO | What is another name for the blue pointer shark? (4) |
| SWEETPEA | Tiny township's borders covered by the blue flowering plant |
| MANUKA | New Zealand tree, the source of nectar for bees producing a prized type of honey |
| HYSSOP | Shrub in the mint family; a favoured source of nectar for honeybees (6) |
| MARSHMALLOW | Althaea officinalis, a 5 down, 12 down, is better known as this (5,6) |
| CHUSAN | Trachycarpus fortunei, ___ palm ... anchusa endlessly spoilt (6) |
| THISTLE | Prickly plant whose flowers, immortalised on coats of arms, coins, Scottish emblems and shortbread rounds, provide downy parachute-like seeds for goldfinches and nectar for bumblebees and painted ladi |
| HABITAT | The ocean for the blue whale and the great white shark |
| GENTIAN | Mostly blue-flowering alpine of which acaulis, sino-ornata and verna are species (7) |
| LOBELIA | I'll go up to receive award and a blue-flowering plant (7) |
| ANCHUSA | Blue-flowering plant of borage family - found in ranch, US, amazingly (7) |
| CHICORY | Elegant yard containing gold or blue-flowering plant (7) |
| NECKING | Drinking half of nectar with ruler (7) |
| TRANCHE | Measure of nectar squiffy husband imbibed |
| SHUTTER | Speed vital for wildlife photographer (7) |
| MWAKIMA | Principal Secretary for Wildlife (7) |
| MWAKEMA | Principal Secretary for Wildlife (7) |
| RESERVE | Protected area for wildlife (7) |
| PACKHAM | Put meat in suitcase for wildlife presenter Chris (7) |
