Mom's garden

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches (4)
  2. 4. A playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it (5)
  3. 7. Any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with (8)
  4. 9. A protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion (5)

Down

  1. 2. Any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear ___ (plural) (5)
  2. 3. A long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head (4)
  3. 5. A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers (7)
  4. 6. Straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees (4)
  5. 8. A plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year (6)