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Flower I planted in garden or wild (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rio grande

'flower' is the definition.
(Rio Grande is an example)

'i planted in garden or wild' is the wordplay.
'planted in' indicates putting letters inside.
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'garden'+'or'='gardenor'
'gardenor' is an anagram of 'rogrande'.
'i' inserted into 'rogrande' is 'RIO GRANDE'.

(Other definitions for rio grande that I've seen before include "banker" , "River boundary between the US and Mexico" , "US-Mexico border river" , "US/Mexican border river" , "Long river" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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