PART 2 of our Competition! Win a visit to Anglesey Abbey…

Posted:10 January 2011

Take part in our four-part Gardening Quiz and win a seat on our visit to the stunning Anglesey Abbey on 12 February.

The garden’s highlight is its stunning Winter Garden, and is at its most spectacular in early spring when drifts of white snowdrops and yellow aconites add colour to the frosty landscape…

GARDENING QUIZ: PART 2

1) Chestnuts come from which tree?

• Fagus sylvatica
• Castanea sativa
• Carpinus betulus

2)    Which of the following is a garden variety of Hosta?

• ‘Christmas Angel’
• ‘Christmas Gift’
• ‘Christmas Cheer’

3)    Who amongst the following was a famous plant hunter?

• David Douglas
• Lancelot Brown
• Humphry Repton

4)    Which of the following Clematis flower in the winter?

• Clematis viticella
• Clematis montana
• Clematis cirrhosa

5)    Cuckoo spit is caused by?

• A bird
• An insect
• A fungus

6)    What has the botanical name Dierama?

• Angel’s tears
• Angel’s trumpets
• Angel’s fishing rod

7)    Paliurus spina-christi is commonly called?

• Thorn apple
• Christ’s thorn
• Christmas thorn

8)    In which county is Stowe Landscape Garden?

• Buckinghamshire
• Berkshire
• Shropshire

9)    Which of the following is semi-parasitic?

• Honeysuckle
• Ivy
• Mistletoe

10) The spice cinnamon comes from which part of Cinnamomum verum?

• Seeds
• Fruits
• Bark

INSTRUCTIONS:

Print off each of the four quiz parts, ring around the correct answer, add your name and address (of course!) and post to Bridgette and Deborah at The Garden House, 5 Warleigh Road, Brighton BN1 4NT

Answers must be received by 25th JANUARY – and we’ll announce the winner by the end of January – best of luck!