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6 Genus to which thistle-like, silver-leaved cardoons belong (6)

7 Vibrant red camellia cultivar sharing its name with comedy legend, Bob - - - - (4)

8 Continent to which most species of chrysanthemum are native (4)

9 Any bloom bearing only one set of petals (6)

10 Perennial sedge genus, such as the New Zealand species, buchananii (5)

12 “Life is like an - - - - -. You peel it off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep” – Carl Sandburg (5)

15 ‘Powis - - - - - -’, dwarf evergreen artemesia with silvery foliage (6)

17 Fragrant Mirabilis jalapa, also known as four o’clock flower or marvel of - - - - (4)

19 Solomon’s - - - -, cottage garden plant of the polygonatum genus (4)

20 Japanese - - - - - -, castor oil plant also identified as Fatsia japonica (6)

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1 Nemophila menziesii, annual bedder also called baby blue - - - - (4)

2 ‘- - - - - - Purple’, popular heuchera cultivar with purple-red foliage (6)

3 Marginal yellow-flowered pond plant, Caltha palustris or - - - - - marigold (5)

4 Remove some young seedlings to make more room for the others (4)

5 Son of Zeus whose name is given to a golden heather of the genus calluna (6)

11 Any smaller, showy member of the rhododendron genus, native to Japan (6) 13 Genus of aquatic plants of which lutea is the yellow water lily (6)

14 Outermost leaflike segment of the calyx enclosing a flower bud (5)

16 Jethro, 18th-century agriculturist who lends his name to a coreopsis hybrid (4) 18 Laburnum watereri ‘Vossii’, small tree also called golden chain or golden - - - tree (4)