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ACROSS

1 President’s named snowdrop with heart-shaped green markings? (6)

5 Genus of broom – US city’s variation (7)

9 A double-flowering rose moss series – clock this in the garden! (7)

10/24 Maranta leuconeura’s common name: its leaves fold at night (6,5)

11 Escarole hides sign of leaf fall (4)

13 Rocket salad genus provides a cure (5)

14 A hollyhock series with bi-colour flowers – heavenly nimbus (4)

15 Elaborate, decorated (6)

16 Type of earth required by rhododendrons (4,4)

18 Makes rotten garden waste! (8)

21 A yellow-flowering dog’s-tooth violet – a great structure at Kew! (6)

23 See 28 down

24 See 10 across

25 Bit of hedera revealed, thin on the ground (4)

26 Genus of yellow-flowering herb used on bruises, sprains etc (6)

27 A comfort for the gardener going on a bender? (7)

29 Removed from pods? (7)

30 Orange-pink, semi-cactus dahlia – beer mixture (6)

DOWN

2 Harlow Carr is one of its gardens (3) 3 A red/purple dahlia – ‘Romance’ variety (7)

4 Like cactus Astrophytum asterias – lacking backbone? (9)

5 Genus of native heather or ling – in botanical Lunaria (7)

6 Reedmace genus… damaged pathways (was removed) (5)

7 Genus of lamb’s tongue – makes cats shy! (7)

8 Yellow-flowering narcissus, fading to white – one that enchants (11)

12 Deciduous, blue- or white-flowering shrub, makes erratic posy (11)

17 Busy Lizzie genus (9)

19 It improves compost aeration/ drainage – ‘Triple E’ mixture (7)

20 Tracked… like a flower with a peduncle (7)

22 Tulip with purple, fringed flowers – King Kong? (7)

24 A gem of a pink floribunda rose? (5) 28/23 A fiery-coloured dianthus – traders ruined! (3,4) Solutions to this month’s crossword will be printed next month