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Are you a greenthumb or blackthumb? Here's a 50-question Christmas quiz to test your gardening knowledge

Dec 20, 2012December 20, 20126 minute read Join the conversation

How smart a gardener are you? Let's find out. We have three categories. Score 35 to 50 in this quiz and you can consider yourself brilliant. You are one of those people who neighbours come to for advice. You're probably in a club or society or something.
Get between 15 and 35 right and you're smarter than most. You probably have a lovely garden and buy garden magazines and always attend garden shows.
Score less than 15. Well, let's be honest, gardening probably isn't your thing . . . yet. You probably do crosswords and word-searches and are just an all-round smart person with better than average general knowledge, but you're not a gardener.
Okay let's see how you do:

Quiz Pix Holly21. Which French Impressionist built a great garden at Giverny?
a) Edouard Manet
b) Georges Seurat
c) Claude Monet

2. Which of these elements in fertilizer promotes leafy growth and makes grass grow more vigorously?
a) Nitrogen
b) Phosphorus
c) Potassium

3. Which of these bulbs produces flowers in fall?
a) Allium
b) Muscari
c) Colchicum

4. What is the correct botanical name for a daylily?
a) Hemerocallis
b) Ranunculus
c) Lilium

5. You know it is time to prune your roses when you see which of these shrubs in bloom?
a) Forsythia
b) Hydrangea
c)  Choisya

Quiz Pix poinsettias sun1121Npoinsettias096. In which of these countries is poinsettia a native plant?
a) China
b) Australia
c) Mexico

7. From which of the following does a dahlia grow?
a) Bulb
b) Corm
c) Tuber

8. In the botanical name of a plant, such as Acer palmatum 'Elegans,' what is the first word?
a) Species
b) Genus
c) Cultivar

9. What do you do with a dibber?
a) Makes small holes to transplant seedlings and plant small bulbs
b) Use it to divide perennials
c) Use it to get first dibs on a plant at the garden centre

Dicentra spectabilis Valentine10. What is the name given to the technique of clipping trees and hedges into ornamental shapes?
a) Topiary
b) Deadheading
c) Root pruning

11. Which of these is a carnivorous plant?
a) Blanket flower
b) Venus flytrap
c) Bugbane

12. Hardy geraniums are also known by which of these names?
a) Larkspur
b) Cranesbill
c) Black-eyed Susan

13. What are trees that shed their leaves every year called?
a) Fastigiate
b) Monocarpic
c) Deciduous

Quiz Pix dahlia14. Which of the following was a famous plant hunter?
a) Lancelot Brown
b) Vita Sackville-West
c) David Douglas

15. When is the best time to prune spring flowering shrubs?
a) Before flowering
b) After flowering
c) Never

16. When is the time to plant tulips and daffodils?
a) Summer
b) Spring
c) Fall

17. What is the popular name for Antirrhinum?
a) Bell flower
b) Snapdragon
c) Masterwort

Quiz Pix bee in rose18. Which liquid does a flower produce to attract insects?
a) Nectar
b) Pollen
c) Sap

19. What is the Latin name for holly?
a) Helix
b) Ilex
c) Felix

20. Which of these plants is too tender to be left in the garden over-winter?
a) Fuchsia magellanica
b) Lantana camara
c) Geranium sanguineum

21. Which of these plants emits a toxic milky sap when leaves are pulled off or stems are snapped?
a) Dicentra
b) Euphorbia
c) Agapanthus

22. What time of year does Camellia sasanqua bloom?
a) Spring
b) Summer
c) Winter

Quiz Pix helleborus23. What is commonly known as mother-in-law's tongue or the snake plant?
a) Sarcococca
b) Sansevieria
c) Sanguisorba

24. Which of these trees is admired for its bright white bark?
a) Stewartia pseudocamellia
b) Betula utilis jacquemontii
c) Acer griseum

25. Which of these flowers are regarded as totally deer resistant?
a) Dandelions
b) Campanula
c) Daffodils

26. Which of these plants is not a perennial?
a) Marigold
b) Hosta
c) Phlox

27. What defines a plant as a shrub?
a) Grows bigger than other plants
b) Develops a woody stem
c)  Never changes its shape

Quiz Pix succulents28. What's the defining characteristic of a succulent?
a) Large root system
b) Thick, fleshy watering-storing leaves or stem
c)  Tropical plant

29. By which name is Dicentra better known?
a) Love-in-a-Mist
b) Bleedingheart
c) Love Lies Bleeding

30. Which of these best defines an annual?
a) Completes its lifecycle in one year
b) Flowers for more than one year
c) Flowers every year

31. What soil condition is measured on the pH scale?
a) Compaction
b) Water content
c) Acidity

32. What time of year does the chocolate vine (Akebia quinata) produce its flowers?
a) September-October
b) March-April
c) July-August

Quiz Pix akebia33. Why is Davidia involucrata also known as the handkerchief or dove tree?
a) Because its wood is used to make paper tissues
b) Because the white bracts hang down like handkerchiefs
c) Because it is a favourite tree of mating doves

34. What time of year does Helleborus orientalis bloom?
a) Christmas
b) Easter
c) Thanksgiving

35. Which of these gardens is world famous for its display of spring-flowering bulbs?
a) Great Dixter
b) Keukenhof
c) Rousham

36. Whose idea was it to give plants Latin names and as a result become known as the Father of Taxonomy?
a) Andre le Notre
b) Carl Linnaeus
c) Pliny the Naturalist

Quiz Pix garlic237. What defines an epiphytic plant?
a) Grows among fast-draining ground or rocks
b) Grows with no root system
c) Grows on another plant

38. When is the ideal time to plant garlic?
a) Spring
b) Autumn
c) Winter

39. What is the true botanical name for a snowdrop?
a) Galanthus
b) Chionodoxa
c) Ornithogalum

40. What is the main benefit of rotating crops in a vegetable garden?
a) Grow bigger vegetables
b) Organize the garden more efficiently
c) Prevent the spread of pests and diseases

41. What is a ha-ha?
a) A hidden ditch forming a boundary for grazing livestock but not obscuring a view
b) An amusing novelty within a contemporary garden
c) A ridiculous folly that evokes glee in visitors

42. What kind of tree would you have if you planted an Araucaria araucana?
a) Tree of Heaven
b) Dragon tree
c) Monkey puzzle tree

Quiz Pix_Louis XIV43. What is a cloche?
a) A cover to protect plants, usually a glass dome for placing over seedlings
b) Plant with boot-shaped flowers
c) Large tweezers for picking up slugs

44. King Louis XIV is famous for building which of the following gardens?
a) Villandry
b) Versailles
c) Bagatelle

45. The key to a successful vegetable garden is to locate your plot with which kind of exposure?
a) Partial shade
b) Full sun
c) Full shade

46. What are perlite and vermiculite?
a) Sterile soil additives and media for germinating seeds
b) Fertilizer for adding nitrogen to soil
c) Barrier for deterring slugs and snails

47. What is the No.1 reason for lawn problems?
a) Lack of fertility
b) Compacted soil
c) Cutting grass too short

48. Miss Willmott's Ghost is a famous name for which of these plants
a) Eryngium
b) Echinops
c) Echinacea

49. Which of these plants produces bright yellow flowers with a strong scent of pineapple?
a) Cytisus battandieri
b) Cassia didymobotrya
c) Tibouchina urvilleana

50. Who started and runs the Millennium Seed Bank?
a) Royal Edinburgh Botanic Garden
b) Royal Horticultural Society
c) Kew Royal Botanic Gardens

ANSWERS
1 c, 2 a, 3 c, 4 a, 5 a, 6 c, 7 c, 8 b, 9 a, 10 a, 11 b, 12 b, 13 c, 14 c, 15 b, 16 c, 17 b, 18 a, 19 b, 20 b, 21 b, 22 c, 23 b, 24 b, 25 c, 26 a, 27 b, 28 b, 29 b, 30 a, 31 c, 32 b, 33 b, 34 b, 35 b, 36 b, 37 c, 38 b, 39 a, 40 c, 41 a, 42 c, 43 a, 44 b, 45 b, 46 a, 47 b, 48 a, 49 a, 50 c

Quiz compliled by Steve Whysall swhysall@vancouversun.com

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