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Mounting a stage that is wide, making a bloomer (7)

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I believe the answer is:

weigela

'a bloomer' is the definition.
(type of blooming plant)

'mounting a stage that is wide' is the wordplay.
'mounting' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'stage' becomes 'leg' (a leg is a stage of a competition).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'wide' becomes 'w' (abbreviation e.g. in cricket).
'a'+'leg'+'ie'+'w'='alegiew'
'alegiew' reversed gives 'WEIGELA'.

'making' acts as a link.

(Another definition for weigela that I've seen is " Ornamental shrub named after German botanist".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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