Plants for Bees

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Across
  1. 4. colourful, rich in protein, carried in baskets
  2. 7. large tree with edible fruit hidden inside a spiky shell, often roasted on an open fire, in Latin
  3. 8. Mainly wind pollinated inflorescence,visited by bees on hazel
  4. 9. its leaves can make a salad, its roots can make a coffee, its seedheads can measure time and its flowers turn bees yellow
  5. 12. Rosebay or Hairy, great colonizers of freshly cleared ground
  6. 14. a large plant family, includes most top and stone fruit and England's favourite flower
  7. 15. important honey plant, jam-makers friend, in Latin
  8. 16. describing plants with male and female flowers on separate plants - e.g.holly and willow
  9. 18. ground cover plant at Scarborough Fair
  10. 19. Cherry ......, its leaves bear extra floral nectaries
  11. 20. male reproductive part of the flower
Down
  1. 1. one of its species nectar is allegedly toxic to bees, a magnificent tree, in Latin
  2. 2. white or red, sweetly scented meadow perennial
  3. 3. common name for a plant in the mint family, known for its fracture healing properties
  4. 5. painted by Van Gogh, hardy annuals which track the sun across the sky
  5. 6. the 'venturous harbringer of Spring' - in Latin
  6. 7. the pretty part of the flower,formed by petals
  7. 10. antibacterial substance produced by bees from tree resins
  8. 11. succulent and statuesque, autumn flowering garden perennial
  9. 13. Highly nectariferous plant, gives pale honey,blue star flowers
  10. 17. hedera ......, an autumn flowering climber, important source of pollen and nectar