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ACROSS

1 Sweet bay’s strange allure (6) 5 The goldenrod genus – compact, in the past? (8) 9 See 27 down

10 Pointed shape of an arum leaf, say (5)

11 Aroma… from some oregano’s exceptional! (4)

12 Most popular form of Photinia – cheeky garden visitor (3,5) 14 Riddler’s garden utensil? (5) 15 Species of Weigela named after southern US state (7)

17 A white-flowering honeysuckle – beloved of Chloe? (7) 19 Sea-pink husbandry (6) 21 A fern genus – modified damson round centre of fruit (7)

24 Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree, is a living one (6)

26 Water plant also called bulrush – deem acer, perhaps (8)

28/2 down Tomato fondness by James Grieve, perhaps (4,5) 29 Grow like Ivy say (5) 30 19th-century plant hunter William ___ – contributing to Hooker rhododendrons (4)

31 Hydrangeas with flattened flowerheads (8)

32 Hosta with blue leaves – limped off (6)

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2 See 28 across 3 Over-watering may cause this? Baloney! (3) 4 It produces a foliage shoot (7)

5/23 down Term for first cabbages of the year (6,6)

6 Genus of rosette-forming plants wise Ali cultivated (7)

7 Some garden seed is tightly packed (5)

8 Family of plants including African violet – a designer re-arranged (9)

13 Less common… in winter, are raspberries! (5)

16 Genus of shrub in borage family… upset tailor – d’oh! (9) 18 Potato plant stem (5) 20 CIA file about ‘Blue Daisy’ genus! (7) 22 Rose hip is one such (4,3) 23 See 5 down 25 Turnip-like vegetable in allotments we destroyed (5)

27/9 across Fungal disease of woody plants, oddly crops a lot (5,4)

30 A deep purple Cape primrose… initially kept in moss (3)