Rhs Garden Magazine

[alchemilla]

Plant that interests dendrochonologist (4,4). I have - - o -, - - - e
Keen to support woman who's lost her husband in evergreen shrub (5,4). I have widow, - - - -.
Important part of, say, Gardener's World and others backed with investment of capital (7). I have i - i - a - e.

[chelle7272]

Widow wail

[chelle7272]

Hoop tree

[klazomaniac]

3 Isolate ?

ISO (Incentive Stock Options)
Late = Et Al (reversed)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floral_isolation

This is just a guess, I'm far from a Gardener.

[bobbinwales]

Sure both I 's are right??

[bobbinwales]

Is primage a word?

[bobbinwales]

I was thinking Mag inside Prime

[bobbinwales]

Wheres you first I from please??

[TheWinner]

I was miles away, thinking it might contain "stake".

[TheWinner]

I also considered montage....

[bobbinwales]

Hopefully alchemical can tell us clue and answer that gives first letter

[Prudie]

I don't really get any of these answers. Are they all supposed to be plants?
Widow wail - where does the keen to support bit apply?
Hoop tree - this is part of a saddle, not a plant.
The last one, is the answer supposed to be a plant?

[Captain2]

Unanswered is 19d

18a Divine aroma's recurring feature in genus of herbs (8) 7th letter would give the first 'I'
22a Plant found in Australia, but not America or Thailand (6) 5th letter would give second 'I'
25a Vegetable offshoot started without germinating initially (6,4) 9th letter would give the 'A'
27a Thatcher would make use of this study in speech (4) 3rd letter would give the 'E'

[TheWinner]

could it be irigate ???

[klazomaniac]

Hi Prudie 'Keen to support'
Keen = Wail (lament)
Support means it holds up widow (so this will be a down clue)

Hoop pine might fit (a dendrochronologist studies the annual rings of trees)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_cunninghamii

[alchemilla]

The i might be wrong.
It comes from- Divine aroma's recurring feature in genus of herbs. (8). Ithoughf it might be magnolia , now maybe marjoram. Which means an a not an i. It's impossible. It means widow something ends in o.

[Prudie]

Thanks klazo, have learned something, have never come across keen meaning to moan/wail/lament before.

[Prudie]

I wish someone could solve this, it's been driving me crazy. From Captain's clues I see the last two are runner bean and reed which give the final A and E. Cant solve the first two.

If it starts with either I-I or A-I the only words I can think of are imitate, agitate or animate. None of which have anything to do with plants and don't parse either. Been playing with ISA (or ASI) for the investment bit with no luck.
Please someone? xx

[alchemilla]

It's impossible. Driving me mad too.

[Prudie]

What did you think the answer to the australia one is to get the 2nd I? I can't see it, I've been looking at the letters assuming it's written in the clue maybe?

[Prudie]

I've just seen it, Aralia