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Test your gardening knowledge with our brain teasers this month!

CLUES ACROSS

1 Insects said to ‘herd’ aphids for their honeydew (4) 7 Name commonly given to the perennial Achillea millefolium (6) 8 Botanical name for Mediterranean genus to which olives belong (4) 9 Aromatic hardy herb such as ‘Miss Jessopp’s Upright’ (8) 10 ‘White - - - - -’, girl’s name given to deadnettle Lamium maculatum (5) 12 In Scotland, term used for turnips or English swedes (5) 15 Knautia-like genus often with blue, mauve or white pincushion blooms (8) 18 Alias of Shakespeare’s Robin Goodfellow applied to snowdrop cultivar (4) 19 - - - - - - ferulifolia, golden yellow Mexican hanging basket dazzler (6) 20 The showy rock - - - -, sun-lover of helianthemum or cistus genera (4)

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2 Low-growing, often mauve Chilean bell flower or - - - - - - paradox (6) 3 - - - - jasmine, climbing trachelospermum with stellar-shaped blooms (4) 4 Geranium lindavicum, cranesbill cultivar – a Romany traveller (5) 5 - - - - - - cordifolia, hardy border giant with gypsophila-like flowers (6) 6 Marvel of Peru or - - - - o’clock plant – exotic Mirabilis jalapa (4) 11 Clambering perennial, - - - - - scandens or cup and saucer vine (6) 13 Fish zodiac sign for which a pink monarda cultivar is named (6) 14 Ulex europaeus, spiny evergreen bearing pea-like golden blooms (5) 16 To encourage sprouting of seed potatoes before planting (4) 17 Short branch or twig bearing flower buds (4)