A little peat's scattered round the plant (8)
I believe the answer is:
sweetpea
'plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.
'a little peat's scattered round' is the wordplay.
'a little' becomes 'wee' (I've seen this in another clue).
'scattered' is an anagram indicator.
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'peats' anagrammed gives 'stpea'.
'wee' going inside 'stpea' is 'SWEETPEA'.
'the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for sweetpea that I've seen before include "climbing plant" , "climber" .)