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A cover gardener finally brought in to treat flower (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

damask rose

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'flower' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a cover gardener finally brought in to treat' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'cover' could be 'mask' (masking is a kind of covering) and 'mask' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for damask rose that I've seen before include "Sweet-scented flower yielding attar" , "bloomer" , "source of attar" , "hardy flower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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