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The Universal Garden Crossword Puzzle

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This puzzle covers plants from all climates (other than arctic). I have mostly used the common names.
Author: windrush - Diff: Harder

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      1. Epiphyllum oxypetalum, __ pipe ___ (9,6)
      9. Large genus of flowering plants also known as cranesbills (9)
      10. Edible mushroom, Japanese cuisine (5)
      11. People or things different from those already mentioned (6)
      12. Sin, bird, Church leader, or number (8)
      13. Scented shrub, family Thymelaeaceae (6)
      15. Vine fruit, related to blackberry (8)
      18. Evergreen or deciduous shrubs, Berberis (8)
      19. Form of Paeonia lactiflora named after nursery rhyme shepherdess (2,4)
      21. Nutritious fruits of a certain plant grown for its showy flowers (4,4)
      23. Thin decorative covering, usually of wood (6)
      26. National flower of India and Vietnam (5)
      27. Insect that helped control the noxious weed prickly pear in Australia (9)
      28. Common name of Aster amellus, named for its flowering time (10,5)

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      1. Widely cultivated small tree, e.g., Cornus florida (7)
      2. Another name for Red Hot Poker, __ Lily (5)
      3. Something that delays or obstructs (9)
      4. Flowering plant, sometimes wrongly called a lily (4)
      5. Moved in a conspicuous manner (8)
      6. Make corrections to (5)
      7. One of various large spiny shrubs or small trees-mostly African (5,4)
      8. Poppy developed in 19th C by Rev William Wilks (7)
      14. Plant which uses another as host (9)
      16. Group of tropical plants which include the pineapple (9)
      17. Frangipani and many palms and orchids are ___ plants (8)
      18. Mount Rushmore sculptor (7)
      20. Culinary herb, two main varieties, flat-leaf or curly (7)
      22. Herbaceous perennial, sometimes called funkia (5)
      24. Fragrant tree resin, used as incense (5)
      25. Measurement of cloud cover in meteorology, alt (4)