Puzzles and prizes

Test your gardening knowledge with our brainteasers this month!

Enter our crossword and wordsearch to win goodies from Hozelock and Hayloft

CLUES ACROSS

1 Giant - - - - robin, trillium with deep red blooms and dappled leaves (4) 4 High summer month when sedums, dahlias and salvias are at their best (6) 7 Silk tassel bush or - - - - - - elliptica in need of shelter from winds (6) 8 Eremurus robustus, tall, bright perennial known as foxtail - - - - (4) 9 Yellow-orange narcissus named after America’s Lone Star state (5) 11 Term for the usually green whorl of sepals of a flower (5) 12 Bella series fuchsia cultivar sharing its name with an Eva Peron musical (5) 14 Conifer, northern white cedar or - - - - - occidentalis ‘Holmstrup’ (5) 17 Loamy, sandy or clay growing medium (4) 18 Meadow and woodland primulas resembling large cowslips (6) 20 Open-sided garden structure (6) 21 Linaria purpurea ‘Canon - - - -’, toadflax cultivar (4)

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2 Genus to which the ornamental century plant belongs (5) 3 Lamb’s auditory organ that Stachys byzantina is said to resemble (3) 4 - - - - Titchmarsh, former Gardeners’ World and Ground Force presenter (4) 5 Biblical giant lending his name to a hybrid bush tomato (7) 6 - - - - - oak or Grevillea robusta, fast growing, often annual evergreen (5) 10 Genus that includes false goat’s beard or false spirea (7) 13 Largest genus of violet family (5) 15 Asian country associated with azalea, cherry blossom and maples (5) 16 Series of Rudbeckia hirta sharing a name with The Wizard of Oz dog (4) 19 - - - growing, broad term indicating a ground-hugging habit (3) FEBRUARY CROSSWORD SOLUTION Across: 6 Hedera, 7 Anne, 8 Head, 9 Galega, 10 Wheel, 12 Flute, 15 Asarum, 17 Wall, 19 Rock, 20 Clover. Down: 1 Hebe, 2 Needle, 3 Tango, 4 Paul, 5 Knight, 11 Hyssop, 13 Lawson, 14 Smock, 16 Rake, 18 Leek. April solutions in our Chelsea issue CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS! February crossword: F Johnston wins Fiskars PowerGear X pruning tools February wordsearch: J Ford wins 3 foxgloves and £35 Hayloft vouchers