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1. Vegetation producing a coarse, springy lawn (7,5) 7. Plant with sword-shaped leaves (4) (Picture A) 10. A rhizome (9) 11. The North American shrub Rhododendron canadense (7) (Picture B) 13. Berrigan or … bush (3) 14. Gets back together (8) 15. Covered in blackberries, etc (7) 16. Reaping implement (6) 17. Creeping grass native to east Africa and widely used for lawns (6) 19. Inferior; tasteless (colloq.) (4) 21. Perhaps the first gardener (4) 24. Plant of the genus Euphorbia whose juice was once used as a purgative (6) 25. Mushroom or mould, for example (6) 29. Relating to plants or the study of plants (7) 30. Perennial herb that yields a sedative (8) 31. Sash worn with a kimono (3) 33. European oak yielding elastic wood used in cabinetry (7) 34. The North American plant Lindera benzoin (9) 35. The holm oak (4) 36. Adonis annua or … (9-3) (Picture C)
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1. Tough protective covering of a tree (4) 2. Ornate, florid (7) 3. Bitter, aniseed-flavoured liqueur (8) 4. The principal city of northern Portugal (6) 5. Tidies or smooths with a long-handled garden tool (5) 6. Multi-stemmed, woody plants (6) 8. Having outgrown available space (4-5) 9. Protected; dubious (5) 12. Genus of wood sorrel and soursob (6) 16. Descends, slumps (5) 18. Genus of the elms (5) 20. Peach or apricot, for example (5,4) 22. To-do list (6) 23. Protein or carbohydrate, for example (8) 26. Mexican and south-western US plant yielding a rubber substitute (7) 27. Kind of whisky (6) 28. The last syllable of a word (6) 29. Tree under which the Buddha became enlightened (5) 30. View, prospect (5) 32. Clarified butter (4)