Answers to last week's quiz - 18th August 2017

The Flower Garden

Question 1

The half-hardy Argyranthemum frutescens is more generally known as White Marguerite, but what colour is the bushy, tender perennial Felicia amelloides, which is sometimes also called a marguerite?

Answer:  Blue

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Question 2



Is Clematis recta a herbasceous species, best planted in the border, or a climber?

Answer:  Herbaceous

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Question 3

What name do gardeners give to a young plant soon after seed germination when it has just a single unbranched stem?

Answer:  Seedling

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Question4

The Autumn crocus does not in fact belong to the Crocus genus, from which it differs in that its corm is oval in shape and not flat or round.  What is the botanical name of the Autumn crocus?

Answer:  Colchicum

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Question 5

The rock garden plant Lewisia cotyledon, which produces white-veined, pink flowers in May or June, sheds its rosette of leaves around October or November.  True or false?

False, it is evergreen



I wonder how many you got right?

Time for a Garden Quiz

The Flower Garden

Question 1

The half-hardy Argyranthemum frutescens is more generally known as White Marguerite, but what colour is the bushy, tender perennial Felicia amelloides, which is sometimes also called a marguerite?

Question 2
Is Clematis recta a herbasceous species, best planted in the border, or a climber?

Question 3
What name do gardeners give to a young plant soon after seed germination when it has just a single unbranched stem?

Question 4
The Autumn crocus does not in fact belong to the Crocus genus, from which it differs in that its corm is oval in shape and not flat or round.  What is the botanical name of the Autumn crocus?

Question 5
The rock garden plant Lewisia cotyledon, which produces white-veined, pink flowers in May or June, sheds its rosette of leaves around October or November.  True or false?

Me in my own garden :)

With thanks to Geoff Hamilton's 'Gardener's Challenge' book.

Answers next week!