Across
- 3. Leaves that are a mix of colours
- 6. Cascading branches that hang and sway in the breeze
- 8. A group of species; written with a capital and italicised
- 11. All plant family names end in this
- 14. Meaning red
- 15. Short, wire-like stem that curls and wraps itself around objects; climbing adaptation
- 17. A hedge that is perched up on tall stems
- 19. Woody plant with very vertical stems producing a columnar/cylindrical shape
- 20. Of the marshes
- 22. Lives for more than two years
- 23. A shoot that arises from a woody plant's roots
- 25. Completes its lifecycle in one growing season
- 26. Woody plant that is not branched from the base
Down
- 1. Point at which roots meet trunk; 4,5
- 2. The study of naming plants
- 4. Leaves emerge from taproot and grow horizontally; forms a circle-like arrangement along ground
- 5. Has no woody plants
- 7. Originating from Portugal
- 9. Survives temperatures below -5c
- 10. Looses its leaves in autumn
- 12. Selected varieties of a plant that are cloned and cultivated by humans
- 13. Underground stem; spreads through the soil
- 16. Short term for specific epithet
- 18. Branches selected to form a series of tiers; apples or pears; usually against a wall
- 21. Tree with branches at least 1.8m above ground
- 23. Woody plant that naturally produces branches from near the base
- 24. Not the latin name; 6,4