| PINKS | Flowers in the genus Dianthus such as carnations or sweet williams (5) |
| LEI | Necklace often made from carnations or orchids |
| PINK | Sweet-smelling flowers in the genus dianthus (4) |
| ATTIC | V.C. Andrews novel adapted most recently in 2014, Flowers in the - (5) |
| OASIS | In which one might arrange flowers in the wilderness (5) |
| FANCY | Classification name for types of border and perpetual carnations (5) |
| ROSES | With a national collection of rambling varieties at Moor Wood in Gloucestershire, flowers in the family that includes apples, meadowsweet, pears, quinces and strawberries (5) |
| LOTUS | Much that's American flowers in the Orient (5) |
| DAFFODILS | Forming drifts in spring and described in a poem by William Wordsworth, flowers in the genus Narcissus used as symbols of Saint David and Wales (9) |
| GLADS | Flowers in the iris family, briefly |
| CROCI | Flowers in the iris family |
| WILDINDIGO | North American plant with pea-like flowers, in the genus Baptisia (4,6) |
| BLUEBELLS | Colourful woodland flowers in the genus Hyacinthoides (9) |
| HAWKBIT | Dandelion-like flowers in the genus Leontodon (7) |
| GODETIA | North American plant with showy flowers in the genus clarkia (7) |
| DIANTHUS | Latin name of carnations, pinks and sweet williams (8) |
| BUTTERCUP | Yellow wild flower in the genus Ranunculus, held under the chin in a child's game (9) |
| PIPING | Lines, strings, swirls etc of cream or icing ornamenting cakes/puddings; fabric-covered cord as a trimming; a cutting of a carnation or a pink; or, a collective system of tubing (6) |
| LENORE | Ballad by the German poet Gottfried August Burger based on the Scottish work Sweet William's Ghost (6) |
| SWEETWILLIAM | Spicy-scented flower related to pinks and carnations, Dianthus barbatus (5,7) |
