Flowering shrub
The crossword clue "Flowering shrub" is answered by SPIREA, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPIREA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPIREA answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SPIRAEA (5 uses in xd)
- CAMELLIA (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPIREA
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPIREA, most used first.
- Rose family shrub - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Ornamental shrub - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Meadowsweet - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
- Shrub of the rose family - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Flowering shrub - AZALEA, used 52 times
- Showy shrub - AZALEA, used 43 times
- Flowering - ABLOOM, used 38 times
- Flowery shrub - AZALEA, used 18 times
- Thorny shrub - ACACIA, used 12 times
- Hedge shrub - PRIVET, used 11 times
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