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Gardening Quiz - Perennials - Perennials 5 (Questions)

This is the last quiz in our series of gardening with perennials. Several popular cut-flowers are featured along with old favourites such as Escallonia and Laburnum.

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There are more than 100 different species of Camellia and they all originate from which continent?

[ ]	Africa
[ ]	Asia
[ ]	Europe
[ ]	South America

What is the scientific name for the Cape Daisy?

[ ]	Abutilon
[ ]	Euonymous
[ ]	Impatiens
[ ]	Osteospermum

Which essential element can Lupins "Fix" into the soil?

[ ]	Magnesium
[ ]	Nitrogen
[ ]	Phosphorus
[ ]	Potassium

What is the name given to the fruit of a Rose?

[ ]	Berry
[ ]	Hip
[ ]	Haw
[ ]	Drupe

This strange looking flower belongs to what plant?

[ ]	Magnolia
[ ]	Mahonia
[ ]	Monarda
[ ]	Morisia

This winter flowering plant is probably better known in its white form. What is its common name?

[ ]	Christmas rose
[ ]	Easter bonnet
[ ]	Lent buttercup
[ ]	Mid-winter tulip

In which season are Mahonias at their best?

[ ]	Spring
[ ]	Summer
[ ]	Autumn
[ ]	Winter

These are the flowers of which plant that is often used for hedging?

[ ]	Elaeagnus
[ ]	Erinus
[ ]	Escallonia
[ ]	Euonymous

Which part of a Laburnum tree is poisonous?

[ ]	Bark
[ ]	Flowers
[ ]	Leaves
[ ]	All of it

10.

Nerines are closely related to which other plant?

[ ]	Amaryllis
[ ]	Crocus
[ ]	Iris
[ ]	Tulip

Gardening Quiz - Perennials - Perennials 5 (Answers)

There are more than 100 different species of Camellia and they all originate from which continent?

[ ]	Africa
[x]	Asia
[ ]	Europe
[ ]	South America

Wild specimens can be found in the Himalayas, eastern and southern China, Japan and Indonesia

What is the scientific name for the Cape Daisy?

[ ]	Abutilon
[ ]	Euonymous
[ ]	Impatiens
[x]	Osteospermum

Which essential element can Lupins "Fix" into the soil?

[ ]	Magnesium
[x]	Nitrogen
[ ]	Phosphorus
[ ]	Potassium

All plants require Nitrogen and Lupins can effectively extract Nitogen from the atmosphere - an ability that allows them to grow in Nitrogen deficient soils

What is the name given to the fruit of a Rose?

[ ]	Berry
[x]	Hip
[ ]	Haw
[ ]	Drupe

This strange looking flower belongs to what plant?

[ ]	Magnolia
[ ]	Mahonia
[x]	Monarda
[ ]	Morisia

This winter flowering plant is probably better known in its white form. What is its common name?

[x]	Christmas rose
[ ]	Easter bonnet
[ ]	Lent buttercup
[ ]	Mid-winter tulip

It is not even remotely related to the true Rose!

In which season are Mahonias at their best?

[ ]	Spring
[ ]	Summer
[ ]	Autumn
[x]	Winter

Its flowers bring a splash of golden colour to the garden during the coldest months of the year

These are the flowers of which plant that is often used for hedging?

[ ]	Elaeagnus
[ ]	Erinus
[x]	Escallonia
[ ]	Euonymous

Which part of a Laburnum tree is poisonous?

[ ]	Bark
[ ]	Flowers
[ ]	Leaves
[x]	All of it

Whilst poisonous to humans it is used as a food plant by some butterfly species.

10.

Nerines are closely related to which other plant?

[x]	Amaryllis
[ ]	Crocus
[ ]	Iris
[ ]	Tulip

Nerines and Amayllis both belong to the family Amaryllidaceae