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ACROSS
1 A common name for tree of eg genus Thuja (5)
4 White-flowering shrub with palmate leaves – arranged as Fiat! (6)
9 Fungal disease affecting foliage – in citrus trees (4)
10 Stone fruit of eg cherry, said to hang loosely? (5)
11 A lily cultivar with mauve-pink bowl-shaped flowers – ‘Fable’ (4)
12 Aesculus hippocastanum tree, say, that’s an old joke? (8)
14 Cultivar term indicating white (flowers) (5)
15 Fruit that might follow cherry or plum? (6)
17 Common name of Cistaceae family of plants (4,4)
19 See 32 across
21 A lemon-yellow bearded iris – sort of elm sac (6)
23 Tupelo tree genus – inside Tiffany’s, say (5)
25 Joseph Banks, for instance, possibly obtains last of plant (8)
27 Another name for gorse – remove it from within (4)
28 Any hard-rinded fruit in Cucurbitaceae family (5)
30 Pod, for example – found in
Lactuca seedling (4)
31 Charles finally pins down these garden pests (6)
32/19 A fritillary that could go to our sovereign’s head? (5,8)
DOWN
1 Troublesome grass – you might stretch out on it! (5)
2 Genus of Cretan hemp – cat said to be upset! (7)
3 Common name for Solidago canadensis is Golden __ (3)
5 Care about a… popular indoor palm Dypsis lutescens (5)
6 Hardy geranium with purple-black flowers – a broom’s damaged (7)
7 Genus of mugwort and wormwood – ie a trim alternative (9)
8 A scabious cultivar attractive to pollinators – makes flutterer sad (9,4) 13 I moan about a Hakonechloa macra with yellowish leaves, plum colour in autumn (5)
16 Genus of fragrant shrubs in the olive family – man shouts out (9)
18 A sturdy snowdrop with long outer segments – Halley’s? (5)
20 A heavy-cropping strawberry – the Spanish Father Christmas? (7)
22 Genus of cineraria houseplant – produces ie cones (7)
24 Small pelargonium with pansy-like leaves – partly strange leaves (5)
26 Common name of Thunbergia alata is black-eyed ___ (5)
29 A dwarf, rose-pink rhododendron – a help to Snow White? (3)
• Solutions to this issue’s crossword will be printed in the September issue