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1.
A World of Flowers
  A World of Flowers   top quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Let us take a tour around the world and see whether you can identify the floral emblems for ten different locations.
Average, 10 Qns, Plodd, May 26 13
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Native Flowers of England
  Native Flowers of England   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
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Here we see ten flowers native to England (although not exclusively so). Each of them has been adopted as the official floral emblem of an English country or city. Identify the flowers from the photo and the clues.
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Jun 03 16
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The Floral Emblems of Canada
  The Floral Emblems of Canada   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Each Canadian province and territory has its own emblematic flower and tree. Can you identify them from the photograph and the clues?
Easier, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Jun 03 16
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  Native Gardening in the Sonoran Desert   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
All of these plants are native to the Sonoran desert of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. They provide fruits, vegetables and other products and are suitable for desert gardens. Match the description to the plant!
Easier, 10 Qns, PDAZ, Feb 19 17
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  Indian Petals in the Wind   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Given India's geographical diversity, it is not surprising to find a whole range of flowers and plants here. Take a look and may be you can pick some to wear in your hair.
Average, 10 Qns, zorba_scank, Feb 17 17
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  A Bunch Of British Wild Flowers   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
English counties have their own wild flower emblem. I will give you some clues and all you need to do is guess the name of the wild flower.
Easier, 10 Qns, Plodd, Oct 07 09
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Floral Emblems of the World
  Floral Emblems of the World   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Many countries have adopted floral emblems. Can you identify the country from the photograph of the chosen plant?
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, May 21 16
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  An English Country Garden    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Flowers, flowers everywhere, that's what people think of when they think of an English country garden. Here are some perennial favourites.
Average, 10 Qns, Christinap, Oct 13 22
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  Australian State Flowers    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Flowers, flowers everywhere.. all over Australia, in fact. Each state has its own floral emblem - how many do you know ?
Easier, 10 Qns, tezza1551, Apr 01 17
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  North American Butterfly Plants   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Want flying and floating butterflies in your garden? Here are the plants that will bring them...
Average, 10 Qns, duracell, Jul 17 10
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  A Wisconsin Perennial Bouquet   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Wisconsin is home to a number of perennial plants which actually love the cold, snowy winters and hot, sticky summers. For each question, I'll give a description of one of my garden perennials and you pick the correct flower!
Average, 10 Qns, peachy_1, Feb 14 23
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  Where Am I From?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many plants now viewed as traditional to English gardens are not native species. Do you know the origins of the following?
Difficult, 10 Qns, Christinap, Oct 03 08
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  What Plant Where?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you help me plant up my English garden?
Tough, 10 Qns, heucherella, Aug 27 19
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  A Rainbow of English Plants    
Multiple Choice
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Plants come in the most beautiful spectrum of colours. This quiz is based on each of the colours of the rainbow....plus a few others, to make ten! Even if you don't know the answers, hopefully you will get some colourful ideas for your garden.
Average, 10 Qns, heucherella, Apr 07 23
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Gardens Around the World Trivia Questions

1. This beautiful flower is often used as an example of retaining one's purity even when surrounded by mud. Which aquatic perennial is the national flower of India?

From Quiz
Indian Petals in the Wind

Answer: Lotus

The lotus plant often has its roots in the soil of the lake or pond with the leaves and flower floating above water. Its ability to remain untouched by the filth it grows in has frequently drawn praise in the epics of ancient India. Not surprisingly, the flower is one of the national emblems of India and also used as an election symbol by the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), one of the two main political parties in the country.

2. The Western Australian state flower is the Kangaroo Paw, but this flower comes in many colours. Which variety is the right one?

From Quiz Australian State Flowers

Answer: Red and green

The botanic name for the red and green kangaroo paw is Anigozanthos manglesii. They bloom in Spring, and are now available commercially.

3. This perennial herb likes damp meadows and has a very sweet smell. What is it?

From Quiz An English Country Garden

Answer: Meadowsweet

Traces of meadowsweet have been found in graves dating back to the bronze age. The plant has creamy white flowers, and as a herb is good for digestive disorders. It is popular in damp and shady areas of cottage gardens where other plants fail to thrive. If you plant it in full sun with good drainage it will not be happy, and will almost certainly die unless the ground around it is kept boggy with regular soaking.

4. Popular for its many varieties of form and colour, the Dahlia lights up gardens in late summer and autumn. It originates from where?

From Quiz Where Am I From?

Answer: Mexico

The Dahlia is found mainly in the high plains of Mexico, although some species are found in Ecuador and Honduras. It came to Europe from Mexico some 200 years ago, appearing in the Botanical Gardens in Madrid towards the end of the 18th Century. It is named in honour of Andreas Dahl, Swedish scientist and environmentalist.

5. Palash is the flower of a deciduous tree native to the Indian subcontinent and parts of South East Asia. If I told you it was also associated with Agni, the Hindu god of fire, would you be able to pick its alternate name from the options?

From Quiz Indian Petals in the Wind

Answer: Flame of the Forest

The bright orange colour of the flower has led to it often being associated with fire. It is also regarded as a harbinger of spring in many parts of India. The palash has been designated as the state flower of the northern state of Jharkhand.

6. Brilliant red in colour, and favouring a semi-arid environment, the flower of South Australia is named for one of Australia's foremost explorers. Which one ?

From Quiz Australian State Flowers

Answer: Sturt

The flower is Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa). It was adopted as the floral emblem for the state in 1961.

7. Plants from the Monarda family are more popularly known as what?

From Quiz An English Country Garden

Answer: Bee balm

There are several varieties of Monarda and all are very attractive to bees and butterflies. They are an annual that normally flowers between June and August, and will freely self seed around the garden. Most are in shades of pale to deep pink and are not fussy as to soil, although they do dislike deep shade.

8. The Camellia is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world. It was originally found where?

From Quiz Where Am I From?

Answer: Eastern Asia

The Camellia is indigenous to North Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Nepal. They flourish in high, humid regions with very porous soil. Popular for their beautiful flowers and scent, the first one in Europe is believed to be a simple, red flowered, Camellia Japonica grown by Lord Petre of Essex in his private greenhouse. The oldest known specimen in Europe is in Portugal. It is thought to be some 300 years old,with a height of 15m and a width of 6m.

9. When the cassia fistula is in bloom, its bright yellow flowers give the appearance of a golden shower earning it the nickname of the golden rain tree. Which Southeast Asian country has adopted this tree and its flowers as its national symbols?

From Quiz Indian Petals in the Wind

Answer: Thailand

The cassia fistula ranges from the southern parts of Pakistan right up to Thailand and is even found on the island of Sri Lanka. Thailand has designated this tree as its national tree and its flowers as its national flower. Commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant, the wood of the tree has also been used to build houses in south India.

10. This is one of the few plants on which you can change the colour of the flowers. Cottage gardeners used to use rusty nails to do this. What is it?

From Quiz An English Country Garden

Answer: Hydrangea

Hydrangeas can be changed from blue to pink or pink to blue by addition of lime or aluminium sulphate to the soil. Folklore says that rusty nails buried near the roots will turn a hydrangea blue. The real decider on colour is the acidity of the soil, and many will change colour of their own accord as their roots go deeper and pick up different elements. The only ones that cannot be changed are white hydrangeas.

11. Roses are regarded as the archetypal English garden flower, but even they did not begin life here. Where was rose cultivation first recorded?

From Quiz Where Am I From?

Answer: Babylonia/Assyria

Rose cultivation began in ancient Babylonia and Assyria, and was passed on to Europe through other civilisations. Before the 19th Century most garden roses were wild varieties, and their natural sports and hybrids, grown for beauty, scent, rose water and rose oil. In the 19th Century, following the importation of cultivated species from China, deliberate cross breeding began, resulting in many new varieties and colours. Many of the groups created then still exist, and rose breeding and hybridisation has continued right up to the present time.

12. Folklore says that if you plant this by your roses it will keep away greenfly. Plant what?

From Quiz An English Country Garden

Answer: Garlic

Many old time and organic gardeners say that planting a clove of garlic by the roots of rose bushes keeps away greenfly. The idea of companion planting to deter pests is certainly not new, and I have tried garlic next to my own rose bushes and it does seem to work. Greenfly are said to be repelled by the smell of the garlic.

13. The tall and stately Hollyhock grows well in England, but where did it come from originally?

From Quiz Where Am I From?

Answer: Israel

Grown in England since the 12th Century this plant originated in the Holy Land. It was originally spelt holihoc, holi for holy, and hoc for mallow, a native plant which it resembles.

14. This family of plants includes low-growing, creeping varieties as well as some that are shrub-like in appearance and grow up to 30" or more in height. It is commonly known as stonecrop by some gardeners.

From Quiz A Wisconsin Perennial Bouquet

Answer: Sedum

This is a hardy perennial that can be put to many good uses. In my pond garden, the creeping variety graces the edge of the pond and offers delicate white blossoms in mid-summer, while a taller, bush-like variety grows against the split-rail fence and sports dark-pink flower heads in the fall. (A recent taxonomic change has actually split out the taller variety into its own genus, Hypotelephium. Many garderners, however, still refer to them as sedum.)

15. There are various species of orchids that are endemic to India. Where in the country would you find the Vanilla andamanica growing wild?

From Quiz Indian Petals in the Wind

Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a group of islands located in the Bay of Bengal. The islands are a union territory of India. The Vanilla andamanica is native to this group of islands.

16. This memorable flower has small blue flowers, self seeds prolifically and flowers in the Spring. What is it called?

From Quiz An English Country Garden

Answer: Forget-Me-Not

Forget-Me-Nots are a cottage garden favourite. Coming in pale blue, dark blue, pink and even white, all on the same plant, a big patch of them makes a lovely show in the Spring. Leave them to set seed and you will never be without them, as they seed freely all over the garden. If you want to spread them to a certain area just take a handful of seeds straight from the plant, and throw them over the part of the garden you want them to appear in.

17. The Fuchsia, with its wide choice of colours and flower sizes, has a variety to fit every garden. Its origins lie where?

From Quiz Where Am I From?

Answer: South America

There are now thousands of different types of Fuchsia, all coming from a handful of species found in South America and Mexico. The first to be named was found in the Dominican Republic in the 17th Century. The discoverer was a Franciscan monk, Father Charles Plumier, who named the plant after Leonhart Fuchs, a 16th Century German doctor and herbalist.

18. Blue : Which type of poppies are a stunning sky blue colour?

From Quiz A Rainbow of English Plants

Answer: Himalayan

Himalayan poppies (Meconopsis) are fussy, preferring rich, acidic soil, but are well worth growing if you have the right spot for them. Californian poppies are low-growing annuals, with flowers in shades of yellow, orange, red and white. Welsh poppies are yellow perennials, and opium poppies come in a wide range of colours, but not blue.

19. The Valley of Flowers is a national park found in India. Which state is it located in?

From Quiz Indian Petals in the Wind

Answer: Uttarakhand

The Valley of Flowers National Park is found within the western Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand. Accessible only on foot, reaching the place entails a trek of around 17 km from the nearest town. The valley is found in full bloom from late July to early September, a period which coincides with the monsoons.

20. It isn't only the states that have floral emblems! Australia's floral emblem is the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) but this wasn't officially adopted until what year ?

From Quiz Australian State Flowers

Answer: 1988

Mrs Hazel Hawke, wife of the then Prime Minister Bob Hawke, planted a Golden Wattle in the Australian National Botanic Gardens in 1988, after it had been officially gazetted as the national flower.

21. Hardy geraniums (as opposed to pelargoniums) are often called by what other name?

From Quiz An English Country Garden

Answer: Cranesbill

The name cranesbill comes from the shape of the seed head, which is round with a long projection said to resemble the crane. These perennial hardy plants are happy in almost any soil, have a long flowering season, and will come for a second flowering if cut right back when the first flowers have faded. In shades of pink, blue and white they form large dense clumps and are best propagated by root division. Many will self seed.

22. Hydrangeas were first imported into England in 1739. From which country did they originate?

From Quiz Where Am I From?

Answer: America

That first plant was Hydrangea Arborescens which was found growing wild in a colony in Pennsylvania. It found immediate popularity in England, and from there quickly found its way to Europe Hydrangeas are found in all parts of North America, and fossils show that they were growing there 40 -70 million years ago.

23. The Night-flowering Jasmine is a fragrant flower native to south and southeast Asia. What is it nicknamed?

From Quiz Indian Petals in the Wind

Answer: Tree of Sorrow

The nickname 'tree of sorrow' was given as the flowers bloom during the night and become dull once day breaks. The tree is also scientifically named Nyctanthes arbor-tristis which translates to 'sad tree'. The leaves of the tree are also commonly used in Assamese cuisine.

24. In 1962, a beautiful red flower, with the botanic name of Telopea speciosissima was named as the state flower of New South Wales. What is its common name?

From Quiz Australian State Flowers

Answer: Waratah

The Waratah was first observed and collected by Europeans in 1810 in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

25. Which shrub is also known as tree mallow or rose mallow?

From Quiz An English Country Garden

Answer: Lavatera

Lavatera come in all sizes from dwarf to ones that grow to around 7ft tall. Colours are white, pink or red and they can be annual, biennial or perennial. The perennial shrubs need hard pruning each year otherwise they quickly become overgrown giants. Most species are native to the Mediterranean area, but Australia does also have some native species. They are remarkably tolerant of sun, wet and shade and will thrive in most gardens.

26. The Chrysanthemum is popular not only in England, but all over Europe and the United States of America. Where does this garden favourite come from?

From Quiz Where Am I From?

Answer: China

The Chrysanthemum is recorded as being grown in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th Century BC. It was introduced to Japan in the 8th Century AD, where it's immediate popularity led to it being adopted as the crest and official seal of the Emperor. The Imperial Order of The Chrysanthemum is the highest Order of Chivalry in Japan. It was introduced to Europe in the 17th Century AD and was swiftly hybridised into various forms, some of which would be familiar to us today.

27. Rudbeckia is the formal name for this hardy perennial; its sunny yellow petals and dark-brown center give the flower its more common name.

From Quiz A Wisconsin Perennial Bouquet

Answer: Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susans, named for Olof Rudbeck, Jr., a teacher of Carl Linnaeus, are popular throughout the Midwest. I think they look their best among other bold, showy flowers, such as the purple coneflower and Shasta daisy.

28. This group of plants is composed of mostly shrubs and trees that depend on butterflies as pollinators. They provide most of our soft juicy fruits: plums, peaches, apricots and cherries and one nut, the almond.

From Quiz North American Butterfly Plants

Answer: Prunus

This plant group in its native setting is characterized by edible stone fruit and beautiful blooms in spring. Some ornamental varieties do not have fruit. The flowering cherry, in particular, is one of the most beloved avatars of the growing season to come.

29. Another beautiful bloom is the Erythrina variegata. With alternate names of Tiger's claw and Indian coral tree, what colour would you expect the flowers to be?

From Quiz Indian Petals in the Wind

Answer: Crimson

The Erythrina variegata has bright crimson or scarlet flowers that occur in clusters and paint a striking picture along with the tree's black seeds. It is sometimes also called the Sunshine tree, another ode to the bright blooms. The flower grows wild in forests across the Indian subcontinent.

30. Tasmania has a tree for a floral emblem. With the common name of Tasmanian Blue Gum, what is its botanic name ?

From Quiz Australian State Flowers

Answer: Eucalyptus globulus

Tasmanian Blue Gums are now grown over most parts of Australia as a plantation timber for woodchipping.

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