Gardening Australia – May 2019

86 MAY 2019 GARDENING AUSTRALIA

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1. Grain storage towers (5)


2. Plant with plumelike heads (7) (Picture A)


3. Woody core of an ear of corn (3)


4. Plant of the genus Thalictrum with
   small yellow fl owers (6,3)


5. Genus of the Oregon (holly) grape (7)


6. Kiwifruit (7,10)


7. Like these fl owers (6) (Picture B)


8. SA fl oral emblem, ... desert pea (6)


9. Plant yielding an aromatic balsam,
   used by the ancients (4)


10. Sixties musical that might grow
    on you! (4)


11. Another name for hazelnut (6)


12. A yellow fi nch (6)


13. Tree native to an area of NSW (11,6)
    (Picture C)
    29. Plant reputed to be poisonous to
    canines (7)
    30. Ferric oxide pigment (6,3)
    31. Spirit distilled from sugarcane residues
    or molasses (3)
    32. Regretful explanation (7)
    33. Marsh plant (5)

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1. Plant of the genus Rhus with reddish
   cone-shaped fruits used as a spice (5)


2. Having more foliage (7)


3. Insect of the order Plecoptera (8)


4. Concurred (6)


5. Tall NZ grass of the genus Austroderia (6)


6. Least convincing (6)


7. Shows (8)
   8. Plant from Canary Islands Pericallis
   cruenta or fl orist’s ... (9)
   9. Small, round, and bright (5)
   13. Type of cereal grass similar to millet (5)
   15. Sprig of fl owers or leaves (5)
   17. Eucalypt with bark that hangs in strips
   as it is shed (6,3)
   19. US word for swede (8)
   20. Rugby team representing NSW (8)
   23. Changed (7)
   24. American gum tree growing in swampy
   conditions (6)
   25. Yam with edible tubers, native to parts
   of SW Australia (6)
   26. Radio distress signal (6)
   27. Durable aromatic wood (5)
   28. Australian snooker great, ... Charlton (5)

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