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1 A white-flowering Pulmonaria… found in patio palms (4)

4 Campanula’s common name (10)

9 Vegetable, genus Daucus – an incentive (6)

10 UK’s commonest fern – Britain’s first with bad canker (7)

11 Genus of gorse – in colourful example (4)

12 Gardener’s moisture-retaining material (5)

13 Cats and dogs stuff? Good for plants! (4)

14 Mats of grass, TV user adapted (6) 16 Commercial brand of containers improving root growth – moving to Paris (3-4)

18 Bi-coloured red/white salvia – transforming his plot (3,4)

21 Mock this… common name for Philadelphus shrubs! (6)

22 A named cream, smooth-rooted celeriac – and long-legged wading bird (4)

24 Partly regrets a white-flowering epimedium with lemon sepals (5)

25 See 21 down

26 Genus of the tree poppy – one Mary moved (7)

28 As seeds are usually sown in a vegetable garden (2,1,3)

29 A named aster (now Symphyotrichum) with misty-blue daisies: ‘Snapshot’ (10)

30 Use a fine-meshed riddle (4)

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2 Common name of Exochorda – plus a herb mixture (5,4)

3 Larch tree genus (5)

4 Marginal plant with rosy-pink flowers, aka flowering rush (7)

5 Small, blue-flowering annual – able to be mixed with oil (7)

6 Common name for Amaranthus is prince’s ___ – dad holds one (7)

7 Its genus is Quercus (3)

8 Boredom… in garden, nuisance (5) 13 A red-leaved radish and

Spanish wine (5)

15 Grapevine genus (5)

17 A conical, loose-leaf chicory – so a frugal alternative (9)

19 Popular white floribunda rose – shipping hazard? (7)

20 A named Canna with leaves striped yellow – represented by artist ‘A’ (7) 21/25 across Alternative name for fronded Matteuccia plant – or its French alternative! (7,4)

23 A tree of Betula genus (5)

25 Irises, trodden underfoot on paths maybe? (5)

27 A capillary one is a greenhouse irrigation aid (3) SOLUTIONS TO THIS MONTH’S CROSSWORD WILL BE PRINTED NEXT MONTH