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Sept 2010 Contest

1. A black ____ punctuates borage’s purplish-blue star-shaped flower.
2. In late summer, stop deadheading your roses and allow the last blooms to form ____.
3. Due to a lack of surrounding soil, perennial crops in containers will be subjected to ____ swings.
4. Boxwood, privet, caragana and Chinese ____ all make great hedges.
5. The pileated ____'s all-time favourite food is carpenter ants.

The answers to the following five questions can be found in the articles in this month’s issue. Once you have found the correct answers, take the first letter of each response and rearrange them to answer the following – Grown on every continent except Antarctica, ____ is the world’s most cultivated plant.
Email your answer to contest@gardenswest.com. Draw date: Sept 20 2010.

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