Possible Clues:

• South African shrub
• Not a blooming amateur meal
• That's a blooming professional meal
• In plural form, this showy plant is the nickname of cricket teams representing 8D
• Decay found in vegetable or shrub
• Not for an amateur is this blooming meal
• Plant in place of tea in Africa
• South African plant for a meal
• S.African flowering shrub
• S. African shrub; to pear (anag.)