| 20 answers for: Subterranean sections of grape hyacinths, bluebell... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| BULBS | Subterranean sections of grape hyacinths, bluebells, crocuses, narcissi, fritillaries and tulips, sometimes planted en masse on sweeping country drives (5) |
| MUSCARI | Genus of grape hyacinth (7) |
| BARKER | Victorian artist noted for her illustrations of blossoms, daisies, grape hyacinths, lilies of the valley, poppies, primroses, wild roses and other flowers, all characteristically adorned by their own |
| LILY | Common name of a family of plants that includes bluebells, hyacinths and tulips (4) |
| WOODLAND | Considered ancient if arboraceous since 1600, a sylvan type of habitat with seasonal blankets of snowdrops, carpets of bluebells and cushions of moss under a canopy of ash, beech, chestnut, oak and/or |
| BELLS | Shapes of campanulas, fritillaries, lilies of the valley and other flowers (5) |
| SCILLY | Isles of -; an archipelago off the coast of Cornwall noted for flora and fauna including Atlantic grey seals, puffins and scented narcissi (6) |
| LILYBEETLE | Lilioceris lilii - a red insect that's a major pest of liliums and fritillaries (4,6) |
| EECUMMINGS | US poet and painter who wrote The Enormous Room in 1922 and Tulips and Chimneys a year later (1,1,8) |
| SUBTROPICAL | Cobra and tulips out of place in a fairly lush climate |
| SPRINGFLOWERS | Daffodils and tulips jumping out of bed? (6,7) |
| GRANT | Introduced to the Bloomsbury Set by his cousin Lytton Strachey, an artist who painted Still Life with Tulips and Narcissi in a Jug and Spring Flowers, Charleston (5) |
| BULB | Underground storage organ of tulips and hyacinths (4) |
| MARSH | Paludal habitat whose water-loving flora and fauna includes dragonflies, flag irises, fritillaries, glasswort, harriers, kingcups, mallow, orchids, reeds, rushes, sedges and violets (5) |
| BUTTERFLYNET | Lepidopterist's fine-mesh bag on a hoop and handle for catching chalkhill blues, clouded yellows, fritillaries, gatekeepers, painted ladies, peacocks and other fluttering papilionaceous beauties (9,3) |
| LARVAE | Check fritillaries for the ___ of scarlet lily beetle (6) |
| WILDFLOWERS | Plants growing naturally and forming an intrinsic part of the ecosystem of woodlands, meadows and country lanes such as bluebells, cowslips, ramsons, wood anemones or violets (4,7) |
| ARIEL | Sylvia Plath's posthumous anthology featuring the eponymous poem and others including Elm, Poppies in July, Sheep in Fog, The Bee Meeting and Tulips (5) |
| FLORAL | Of roses and tulips |
| FEBRUARY | "Muddy" month named for the Roman rites of purification - a time of love, Lupercalia, pancakes, poets, pullulation and a Valentine's celebration, when bats, bumblebees, crocuses, nodding "fair maids" |
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