ACROSS
Garden molluscs, food for thrushes and hedgehogs, etc, but bad for eg hostas (5) Bundle of long straw ready for thatching – sort of mealy (5) An endangered pollinator – to live needs energy (3) Genus of ‘starflower' plants – in hope I cultivated (7) plants, food source Fruit of eg or (3) Eg Crested dog's tail __ () seen in wildflower meadows (5) Daisies strung together for 22 yards? (5) Restoring a habitat to a more natural state, as a gardener might do on a small scale (7) Is angry about lilac (7) A branch of this Mediterranean tree offered in peace? (5) Bulbous underground stems of eg crocosmias (5) For an eco-friendly lawn don't do this in summer months – initially, manure only weekly (3) Artificial material used eg for lawns, damaging to the environment (7) Eg greenhouses needing wall support – shifts on slate (4-3) Flower garland, from part of honeysuckle inflorescence (3) Moisture-retaining material for the garden – a great deal left inside (5) Where leaves attach to stems, so end twisted (5)
