Grab a cuppa and have a go at our horticultural quiz!
Answers at the end.
- Time for some plant science! These pores on the undersides of leaves allow for gaseous exchange.
- This lilac genus fills the Spring air with a wonderful fragrance.
- What is the scientific name for that dreaded grey mould?
- The Netherlands is famous for their colourful array of tulips, however tulips are not originally from The Netherlands. Where did the Dutch first get tulips from?
- Vanilla comes from which flowering plants?
- Which plant won the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year 2021?
- Which major horticultural event had a major diary change this year?
- English holly (Ilex aquifolium) is dioecious. What does this mean?
- Eranthis hyemalis is better known as Winter …....?
- Chloroplasts in plant cells produce which green pigment?
- When snow settles what effect does it have on the soil below?
- You might want to cover the crowns of these edible stems to force tender growth.
- The common name for this wild flower sounds like a child's toy and will act as a parasite to grass, encouraging other wildflowers to grow.
- The term used for roots that grow above ground. Found on climbing ivy.
- Wisteria need pruning in January and February and then which other two months?
- What is the tactile common name for Stachys byzantina?
- The common name for the Matteuccia struthiopteris fern might be needed for a particular racket sport.
- A galanthophile is an enthusiastic collector and identifier of which wintery named plant?
- The technique of plant propagation where the new plant remains at least partially attached to the mother plant while forming new roots.
- What is the process in which pollen is transferred by insects to other flowers?
- Parasitic plant that has strong associations with Christmas. An office party favourite!
- Hydrangea macrophylla blooms tend to turn which colour in acidic soils?
- The sap from which flower was previously used to make glue?
- Which famous naturalist once resided at Down House in Kent
- Name the botanist who devised the binomial system of nomenclature (known as the Father of Classification)
- Soil is made up of three main particles being sand, silt and what else?
- Knickers come in all sorts of varieties but what variety are the anemone one?
- What major nutrient might you use to improve successful flowering and fruiting?
- Dionaea muscipula is the scientific name for which carnivorous plant?
- Gardening personality with the surname of a Summer migratory bird?
- What quality makes a plant perennial?
- The plant police have caught up with Gaura lindheimeri - it has now been classified as what?
- Bill Wallis' bought 'Ann Folkard' a 'Rothbury Gem' for Christmas & she was in 'Dreamland'! Spreading perennial?
- Who is the patron saint of gardeners, horticulture, florists, brides and brewers?
- What planting conditions do hellebores favour?
- Daucus carota is more commonly known as?
- Very tall purple flowered Salvia grows up to 1.5 metres?
- What’s the difference between a cacti and a succulent?
- What is London Pride? Its not a beer!!
- You tuck into some 'Claret' at Christmas & need a 'Bloody Mary' in the morning! Beautiful flowering perennial?
- Urtica dioica is more commonly known as?
- When do you prune a spring flowering Clematis?
- What does sinensis imply in a plant name?
- How old is the average 6-7ft Christmas tree when cut?
- Father Christmas headed off into the chilly night & developed an 'Arctic Glow' on his cheeks! Tall, thistly perennial
- You get into the Christmas spirit & knock up a 'Mai Tai' & 'Limoncello' - edge of woodlander?
- This Anthemis may be poured over a poached egg to give you eggs benedict for Christmas morning?
- It was a stormy Christmas Eve. Santa and his reindeer were flying through Knautia …......?
- Lovely double flowered Lychnis we grow, named after popular BBC gardening programme?
- Sole survivor of a family of trees that flourished 200 million years ago?
- As Santa delivered the presents to the children’s room, he could smell 'Baby's breath'?
- What shrub is Christmas Box? Sweetly scented white flowers December-March
- Which poisonous, sweetly scented woodland flowering plant with bell-shape florets dangling from a thin stem has the scientific name Convallaria majalis?
- Charlie Dimmock hosts the popular Garden Rescue programme along with whom?
- What is the main cause of blossom-end rot, a quite common gardening issue?
- Which flower is often called the 'winter rose' or 'Christmas rose'?
- Santa was a bit peeved the chimney wasn't swept - he got covered in 'Spiders Web'. What plant is this?
- 'Big Ears' is a character from Noddy, but we also have a low growing silver leaved perennial of the same name?
- Father Christmas wasn't bothered about the mince pies, but the glass of Lysimachia '…...' was greatly received!
- What should we do when plants are losing leaves and have pale green growth?
- What plant family does lavender (Lavandula) belong to?
- She went to the Christmas do in ' Chelsey' looking 'Short n Sassy' showing off her big 'Red Jewel! Summer flowering perennial?
- Evergreen Clematis with creamy-white flowers. Also a catchy Christmas song?
- 'Valerie Finnis' took 'Nana' to see the Christmas decorations at 'Powis Castle' - what am I?
- The Wedding Cake Tree is a wonderful introduction from China - also known as?
- 'Wendy's Wish' was for there to be a white Christmas - plant with this name?
- Old Man’s Beard and Traveller’s Joy are names for a variety of which flower?
- Lathyrus odoratus is a flowering plant used in early experiments in genetics, by what name is this flower better known?
- What is the Japanese term for cherry blossom?
- 'Caesars Brother' drank Santa's whiskey, ate his mince pies and took off like a 'Flight of Butterflies' into the 'Tropic Night'! Graceful perennial?
- The botanical name given to a plant can help a gardener to understand its key attributes. If a plant has the descriptive word somnifera in its name, what effect would you expect it to have if eaten or smelled?
- 'The Governor' of 'My Castle' had a 'Noble Maiden' - a collection of what beautiful perennials?
- What are Californian Poppies known as?
- What is the Latin name for strawberries?
- What grow as parasites and saprotrophs, contain no chlorophyll, and reproduce by means of spores?
- What do Yew; Laburnum Seeds & Mistletoe berries have in common
- What is Alan Titchmarsh's middle name?!
- What is the popular name for the Antirrhinum?
- Famous garden in Cornwall that was 'Lost' for a while?
- What name was given to the Araucaria araucana species by the Victorians because of its spiny spiraling branches?
- What is a Whip?
- After eating so much Turkey and trimmings, he soon became 'Big Daddy' - shade loving perennial?
- What is the name given to the female reproductive organ of a flower?
- 'You leave out a 'Clementine' for Santa on Christmas Eve - tall majestic perennial?
- Whilst 'Gentle Shepard's watch their flocks by night - A summer flowering perennial?
- A Cornus with a Christmas carol name. 'In the deep…………'?
- Why do people believe pea and bean roots should be left in the ground after harvesting?
- You have a Schlumbergera on your windowsill - what is it commonly known as?
- It used to be one of the most distinctive English countryside trees, as seen in the John Constable painting Salisbury Cathedral from the South-West, but by 1990, very few mature ones were left in Britain; which tree?
- What is NPK and what do they do?
- Terrible 80's band and Sambucus?!
- Which plant, widespread in UK if touched causes a serious chemical reaction which makes skin hypersensitive to ultraviolet light?
- What is the common name for salix babylonica
- What is the name of the technique whereby potato tubers are exposed to light indoors prior to planting, to encourage early shoots to form?
- Prunus lusitanica is more commonly known as?
- Apples, pears, plums, apricots, and peaches are members of what family of flowering plants?
- She tried on some 'Saucy Seduction' with Santa! A new cultivar of what herbaceous perennial?
- What is the art of cutting shrubs into ornamental shapes called?
- Famous red handled secateurs?
- Can you figure out what problem, pest or disease is making a mess of the lawn in each picture below?
Answers
- Stomata
- Syringa vulgaris
- Botrytis
- Turkey
- Orchids
- Cercis canadensis
- Chelsea Flower Show
- Male and female plants are on separate plants
- Winter aconite
- Chlorophyll
- It warms up the soil
- Rhubarb
- Rhinanthus minor Yellow rattle
- Aerial roots
- July /August
- Lambs ears
- Shuttlecock fern
- Snowdrops
- Layering
- Pollination
- Viscum album Mistletoe
- Blue
- Bluebells
- Charles Darwin
- Carl Linnaeus
- Clay
- Frilly
- Potassium
- Venus Fly trap
- Joe Swift
- Lasts more than 2 years
- Oenethera lindheimeri
- Geranium
- St Dorothy
- Partial or dappled shade
- Carrot
- Salvia amistad
- Cacti have areoles
- Saxifragia urbium
- Astrantia major
- Stinging nettle
- If It blooms before June don’t prune
- That the plant originates from China
- 10-12 Years
- Echiops Arctic Glow
- Geum
- Sauce Hollandaise
- Thunder and lightning
- Lychnis Gardener’s World
- Gingko Biloba
- Gypsophillia paniculata
- Sarcococca confusa
- Lily of the valley
- The Rich Brothers
- Calcium deficiency
- Hellebore
- Fatsia Japonica
- Stachys byzantina
- Beaujolais
- Put the plant in the sunlight
- Mentha mint
- Hellianthemum
- Clematis cirrosa Jingle Bells
- Artemesia
- Cornus Controversa
- Salvia
- Clematis
- Sweet Pea
- Sakura
- Iris sibirica
- Sleep
- Lupin
- Eschschoizia californica
- Fragaria
- Fungi
- They are all Poisonous
- Fred
- Snap dragon
- Helligan
- Monkey puzzle Tree
- Young tree with no branches
- Hosta
- Pistil
- Verbascum
- Hemerocallis
- Cornus Midwinter Fire
- They release nitrogen back into the soil
- Christmas Cactus
- Elms
- Nitrogen Potassium Phosporous Roots Shoots Fruits
- Black Lace
- Giant Hogweed
- Weeping willow
- Chitting
- Portuguese Laurel
- Rosa
- Achillea millifolium
- Topiary
- Felco
- Leatherjackets, Fairyring, Worms, Fusarium, Red thread, Fertiliser scorch
We hope you enjoyed the quiz!