Crossword ...just for fun!

ACROSS

1 A garden (or person) that is untidy or dishevelled, is said to be this (7) 6 Cardamine hirsuta is a persistent little weed known as hairy ________ (11) 7 Not quiet, as in the cloudberry! (4)

8 The main thing you are thinking about, as in a wide arch, or a hideaway (4) 9 and 14 across

International occasion that has inspired this week’s

Miscellany! (3,2,5)

10 John Lennon joke (see left): Give ____ a Chance! (4)

11 You do this to a young plant by pinching out the tip (4)

13 The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops (11)

14 See 9 across

DOWN

1 A flat-topped flower, such as of the achillea family (5)

2 Cercidiphyllum japonicum is also known as this (7,4)

3 Qatar and Bahrain sit within the leafing spur!

(7,4) (anag)

4 The Douglas fir is a conifer of this genus (11)

5 A large garden would have this: a distant view, especially seen through an opening (5)

10 ‘Rochester’, ‘Saturn’, ‘Garden Lady’ and ‘Peregrine’ are juicy varieties of this! (5)

12 Sounds a bit like the subject of this week’s

Miscellany! (5)