Digs and opens space for the flowers - the ones favoured by retiring types (8)
I believe the answer is:
bedrooms
'the flowers the ones favoured by retiring types' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'digs and opens space' is the wordplay.
'digs' becomes 'rooms' ('digs' can mean a person's lodgings).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'opens space' becomes 'bed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rooms' put after 'bed' is 'BEDROOMS'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bedrooms that I've seen before include "Sleeping spaces" , "Sleeping areas" , "Sleeping chambers" , "Dom robes up after nights spent in them" , "Sleeping quarters" .)