ACROSS
’s purple flower spikes are ___-shaped, like the red ones of (5) Perennials with attractive foliage and panicles of small flowers -making gorse arid (9) Tin… found in the central part of ! (3) RHS seal of approval for a reliable plant (abbrev) (3) Plant in genus, with bottlebrush-like flowers, or baneberry (7) Citrus trees – some sublime species! (5) Honour awarded Tom Stuart-Smith in 2023 for services to horticulture (3) The mallow genus – in formal vase (5) Eg black spot or mildew (7) Related to plant study – BBC’s first action broadcast (7) Having a point, like the flavour of lemon? (5) Delicate-flowered, native prickly shrub with ovoid red hips in autumn (3,4) ‘____’ with reddish inflorescences turning silver; and west African country (5) Organic? It’s intuitive! (7) A decorative yellow dahlia striped with red – unusual one (3) Rosemoor and Harlow Carr are two of its gardens (3) Genus of plants called granny’s bonnets and columbine (9) Leaves of this agave yield a fibre for rope… possibly sails? (5)
