Enjoy these English Garden Big Brain quizzes we've created for you, helping to test the English Garden knowledge you have.
Plastic tulips | |
All tulips | |
none | |
Rembrandt tulips | |
Rembrandt tulips are purposely infected with a benign virus that is responsible for the stripes and spots of the flowers.
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Stachys lanata | |
Lungwort | |
Sheeps fescue grass | |
Stachys grandiflora | |
It is Stachys lanata, or lambs ears! I cheated as lugs is highland Scots for ears!!!
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Centaurea candissima | |
Centaurea cyanus | |
Agave americana | |
Cordyline australis | |
Agave americana. A common fallacy is that it takes 100 years for it to bloom.
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Ribes | |
forsythia | |
Camellia | |
Magnolia | |
Fossilised magnolias have been found dating from the end of the dinosaur era.
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Rosa gallica versicolor | |
Rosa rugosa | |
Rosa chinensis | |
Rosa canina | |
It was Rosa gallica versicolor, sometimes known as Rosa mundi
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The olive | |
The rose | |
the apple | |
Acanthus | |
The wonderfully ornate frescoes often featured Acanthus(bear´s breeches), foliage.
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Japanese knotweed | |
dandelion | |
daisy | |
buttercup | |
The roots of the dandelion were roasted, ground and used as a coffee substitute.
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They protected the church from lightening strikes. | |
They look pretty. | |
They grew quickly | |
our ancester´s just liked the look of them. | |
It was a common belief that the yew trees would protect the church from lightening.
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They are seen as pagan plants | |
They are not attractive enough | |
They did not exist in Bethlehem | |
They are too expensive. | |
The use of holly and mistletoe is a tradition that pre-dates christianity
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Wild bulbs were once collected by cyclists in Persia(Iran). | |
The flower stem curls into a circle when the seeds have set | |
The wild cyclamen looks like a bicycle. | |
Cyclamen come originally from Cycla in northern Greece. | |
The flower stem does indeed curl into a circular shape when the seeds have set.
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A play on the words dandy lion | |
The plant originates from Lyon in France | |
Lions like to eat this plant | |
From the french dents de lion | |
Well done! dents de lion is french for lions teeth, which the jagged leaves resemble.
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The plant attracts dust. | |
Dusty Miller discovered the plant | |
The leaves and flowers have a flour-like covering of farina | |
The plant will only grow in very dry soil | |
Correct. The old-english country name is dusty miller as the entire plant looks like it has been covered with flour.
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September | |
November | |
April | |
October | |
Tulips are prone to fungal diseases and are best planted when the soil has had some frost. So the best time is indeed November
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Guru Spotlight |
Candi Wingate |