Flowering shrub the rain so damaged (9)

I believe the answer is:

hortensia

'flowering shrub' is the definition.

'the rain so damaged' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'the'+'rain'+'so'='therainso'
'therainso' with letters rearranged gives 'HORTENSIA'.

(Another definition for hortensia that I've seen is " a shrub".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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