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1/30 Common name for
Zantedeschia – is laurel? I’m confused! (4,6)
4 Purple loosestrife with burgundy flower spikes, and a light, French red wine (10)
9 A claret-coloured Aquilegia vulgaris… and fortified wine (4,4)
10 Double-flowering, lilac-blue clematis – Castor and Pollux (6)
11 Evergreen, flowering shrub – carried by the Beagle! (4)
13 Has an unusual… Rosa rugosa with double magenta flowers (5)
14 An orange, double-flowering tulip… in Windsor Castle (4)
15 The sweet pea genus has truly altered! (8)
18 The catchfly genus (6)
20/2 Magenta-pink dianthus with darker edges – big attraction in Paris (6,5)
22 Genus of plants, aka milfoil, yarrow, old man’s pepper (8)
24 Melissa officinalis, for example, is a comfort (4)
26 Irritating little fly – dig me out! (5) 28 Flat-topped inflorescence – part of lacy meadowsweet (4)
30 See 1 across
31 Rosa moschata – white-flowering, strongly scented, thorny shrub (4,4) 33 Rectangular bed with intricate pattern outlined by box hedge (4,6) 34 Wild plant often found near nettles (4)
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2 See 20 across
3 The hawthorn flower… might? (3)
4 Carbonised material, possible soil improver – processed coir? Bah! (7)
5 William ___, Kew’s first director – ain’t about to crush centre of bloom (5) 6 The walnut tree genus, Jan confused with slug! (7)
7 Narcissus with large, red cup – uncertain state (5)
8 A white Philadelphus with variegated foliage – ‘Naivety’? (9)
12 Rambling rose with pale-pink double flowers, he let loose (5)
16 Worship… a named Veronicastrum with tiny, lilac-pink flowers (9)
17 See 32 down
19 Usual colour of Syringa vulgaris (5) 21 South African colourful bedding plant – ie names changed (7)
23 Gently firms soil round newly planted shrub (5,2)
25 State of soil ideal for seedlings – ‘Love in mist’! (5)
27 Like Eden Project’s massive greenhouses (5)
29 Aquilegia ___ Series, long-spurred, often bicoloured – provided in a concert hall? (5)
32/17 A penstemon with whitethroated, red flowers – divides
Africa from Asia! (3,3) SOLUTIONS TO THIS MONTH’S CROSSWORD WILL BE PRINTED NEXT MONTH