Puzzles and prizes
Solve the clues and fill in the grid, then send it to us – you could win Fiskars PowerGear X pruning tools! The entry form is overleaf
Enter our crossword and wordsearch competitions to win goodies
Enter this month’s crossword and you could win these brand new precision-engineered pruning tools from Fiskars. The PowerGear X range has a unique patented gear mechanism to deliver three times the cutting force, making light work of all your pruning chores. The stainless steel blades have a frictionreducing PFTE coating and the comfy SoftGrip handles with 3D-contour moulding give you a better grip for almost-effortless, snag-free cuts every time. We have one PowerGear X Pruner Anvil (£34.99) and one PowerGear X Lopper Bypass (£69.99) to be won. The pruners are suitable for stems up to 2cm thick; the loppers for stems up to 5cm thick.
For more information on PowerGear X range, see www.fiskars.co.uk
CLUES ACROSS
6 Genus of European woody vines to which ivies belong (6) 7 Queen - - - -’s lace, tall biennial sometimes grown as an ornamental (4) 8 Bulbous meleagris species – snake’s - - - - fritillary with nodding blooms (4) 9 Bushy perennial genus of which officinalis is common goat’s rue (6) 10 ‘Wagon - - - - -’, Phlox adsurgens cultivar with spoke-like pink petals (5) 12 The Magic - - - - -, Mozart opera and a double-flowered pink azalea (5) 15 Evergreen rhizomatous perennial commonly known as wild ginger (6) 17 Vertical brick or stone structure often serving as garden perimeter (4) 19 Cistus or - - - - rose, hardy low-growing shrub for full sun (4) 20 Trifolium genus plant of which rubens bears red cone-like flowers (6)
CLUES DOWN
1 New Zealand native sometimes known as shrubby veronica (4) 2 Adam’s - - - - - -, name popularly given to sharply-pointed yucca (6) 3 Argentine dance lending its name to a series of zonal pelargoniums (5) 4 John - - - - II, Polish pope after whom a rose and clematis are named (4) 5 Dark-eyed delphinium group and chivalric warrior – ‘Black - - - - - -’ (6) 11 Anise - - - - - -, lavender blueflowered herb otherwise known as Agastache foeniculum (6) 13 - - - - - - cypress, Oregon tree named after a 19th-century Scottish plantsman (6) 14 Perennial Cardamine pratensis – cuckooflower or lady’s - - - - -(5) 16 Multi-pronged, long-handled tool for combing soil and lawns (4) 18 Thick-stalked vegetable, Allium porrum, an emblem of Wales (4)
DECEMBER CROSSWORD SOLUTION
Across: 1 Morus, 3 Magic, 6 Reptans, 7 Swede, 9 Peru, 12 Holm, 13 Broad, 16 Lewisia, 17 Lambs, 18 Libra. Down: 1 Mars, 2 Shandy, 3 Musk, 4 Gunnera, 5 Cedrus, 8 William, 10 Chanel, 11 Trowel, 14 Flos, 15 Nana. February solutions in our April issue
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!
December crossword: Pauline Crowther, Powys; Mrs S Munt, Kent; Crysta B Pickersgill, Dorset; Neil Smith, Kent; S Somerfield, West Mids; and Mrs L Worrall, Notts all win a Heathcote & Ivory gardeners’ hamper. December wordsearch: Mrs A May, Dorset wins a £50 Hayloft voucher