Crossword ...just for fun!

ACROSS

1 A piece of foliage of Trifolium repens (6,4) 7 Small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray (5)

8 Belgian (Flanders) municipality, the site of a major WWI battle – and a variety of Primula auricula

(5)

9 Common name for Liquidambar styraciflua (5,3)

11 Cause soil or potting compost to become thoroughly soaked with water, or other liquid, so that no more can be absorbed (8)

14 Common name for a tree of the larix genus (5)

15 A plant’s organs growing under the ground, used for anchorage and stability as well as the conduits through which moisture and nutrition are taken in (5)

16 Genus name for the firethorn (10)

DOWN

1 These are left by earthworms – and they mess up the lawn (5) 2 Ethiopian vegetable (Hibiscus esculentus), also known as ladies’ fingers (4)

3 Genus of deciduous shrubs, related to thyme, grown for their flowers in late winter and early spring (11)

4 Genus name for pheasant berry, and Himalayan honeysuckle (11)

5 This tomato cultivar is named after the winter constellation in the northern sky, which includes the star Capella (6)

6 The banana genus backwards makes this a mathematical calculation! (1,3)

10 The autumn squill

(Scilla autumnalis) is also known as the ______ hyacinth (6)

11 When a plant sets seed, and many of its offspring grow around its base, it is described as a ____-seeding plant (4)

12 Popular leafy perennial with the common name of plantain lily (5)

13 Hypericum is St John’s-____, whilst the cowslip is also known as St Peter’s-____! (4)