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