New Year Gardening Quiz: PART 1

Posted:2 January 2012

Take part in our three-part Gardening Quiz and join us for FREE on our visit to the wonderful winter garden at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens on Saturday 11 February OR on our day trip to Woolbeding Gardens at Midhurst, West Sussex on Friday 20 April   first entry received wins!

Introduce a new friend to The Garden House and they will receive a 10% discount on their first booking!

GARDENING QUIZ: PART 1

1. The cranberry, so popular at Christmas, is botanically known as what?

• Needlium
• Injectium
• Vaccinium

2. What would a gardener do with a dibble or dibber?

• Scrape mud off spades and trowels
• Make holes in compost to transplant seedlings
• Grade soil particles according to size

3. What is meant by resistant vegetable variety?

• A variety that is resistant to attack from pests or diseases
• A variety that is not resistant to attack from pests and diseases
• A variety that doesn’t like being moved

4. The Royal Horticultural Society runs a large garden at Rosemoor.  Which county is it in?

• Kent
• Devon
• Warwickshire

5. What general term is given to trees and shrubs whose leaves fall in autumn?

• Deciduous
• Evergreen
• Ambidextrous

6. What is the popular term for the flowering house plant Impatiens walleriana?

• Marguerite
• Black-eyed Susan
• Busy Lizzie

7. What is the name given to the technique of clipping trees and hedges into ornamental shapes?

• Topiary
• Bonsai
• Renewal pruning

8. Why do gardeners practice crop rotation?

• To grow bigger vegetables
• To make the garden appear organized and efficient
• To help prevent a build up of pests and diseases in the soil

9. Which part of a tree can be used to make cork?

• The bark
• Root tissue
• Pulped seeds

10. The love apple is the original name for what?

• Potato
• Tomato
• Quince

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!