3G prize Christmas crossword

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  1. 2. Material often used to make garden twine (4)
  2. 4. A perfect addition for a garden to attract wildlife (4)
  3. 5. The common UK name for Betula (5)
  4. 7. The herb you blend with onion for a delicious stuffing mix (4)
  5. 8. The fruit of the blackthorn - makes a splendid Christmas tipple!(4)
  6. 9. Rose species with 'fluffy' sepals (4)
  7. 11. A popular variety of eating apple (4)
  8. 14. Scented early spring shrub named after a naiad in Greek mythology (6)
  9. 15. A (usually) orange vegetable, perfect for a snowman's nose! (6)
  10. 16. Low-growing plant that covers the hills of Scotland (7)
  11. 17. Evergreen grass also known as Carex (5)
  12. 18. Fleshy edible stalks usually eaten as fruit (7)
  13. 19. Exotic fruit used on a Hawaiian pizza(9)
  14. 23. Corms beloved by Dame Edna Everage! (8)
  15. 25. A stick of bamboo used as a plant support (4)
  16. 26. The process of getting seed potatoes to sprout before you plant them (8)
  17. 27. Latin name for yellow harbingers of spring (7)
  18. 28. Delicious summer fruit grown on canes (9)
Down
  1. 1. The Kentish garden created by Christopher Lloyd is Great ...... (6)
  2. 3. Small hand-tool for gardening work (6)
  3. 6. Decorative climbers with hundreds of varieties (8)
  4. 7. Forest tree with lobed leaves and mottled bark (8)
  5. 9. A layer of material you put over the soil to conserve moisture and improve fertility (5)
  6. 10. Essential digging tool (5)
  7. 12. Common name for hardy geraniums (10)
  8. 13. Perennial with evergreen foliage in a huge array of colours (8)
  9. 20. An early summer beauty named after the goddess of the rainbow (4)
  10. 21. 'Chinese Lanterns' that make fab festive decorations (8)
  11. 22. A method of horticulture championed by Charles Dowding (2-3)
  12. 24. A citrus fruit or the linden tree (4)