You must place a flower in a way that clears all remaining flowers from the screen, either as one set of three or more, or in a cascade. You must do this in both a Standard and an Expert mode game. It does not have to be done at the end of a level.
Try to plan ahead with the multi-colored flowers so that getting one set of three or more leads to a second set. I had to do this to clear the board on the Expert mode.
If you have not accomplished this by the end of level three, go ahead an fill the board with flowers rather than restarting. This will ensure you get credit for finishing games, leading to
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Edit:
Har Miggido and
Mike Pitch both commented that they were able to do it as late as level 5, so if your board is not too out of control, it may pay off to keep going.
Edit: If you already have those two don't bother filling the board, just back up and start a new game as
OwnMyGamerScore and
thesecondsfade both confirm that the points still rack up for
and
Edit: In a helpful hint from the comments
AP E JC said "I noticed that in the moment that the game is starting, while the flowers are growing, you can place flowers in the occupied slots. So if you have a good queue and fast fingers, you can take advantage, and clear some bad pieces."
Edit:
Billservo mentioned something in the comments that I hadn't considered. "I can confirm picking up the last remaining flower with the trowel will pop the achievement."