New Year Gardening Quiz: PART 3

Posted:8 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 11February 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 2

1.Araucaria araucana is better known as what?

• Tree of Heaven
• Dragon tree
• Monkey puzzle tree

2. ‘Iceberg’ is NOT a type of what?

• White arum
• Lettuce
• Rose

3. Camellias belong to which plant family?

• Heather
• Iris
• Apple

4. What is a cloche?

• A cover to protect plants
• A type of fruit
• A way of digging

5. Jasper Carrott could be linked to which of these vegetable varieties?

• ‘Chantenay Red Cored’
• “Webbs Wonder’
• ‘Gardener’s Delight’

6. What is the Latin name of the yellow winter jasmine?

• Jasminum nakediflorum
• Jasminum nudiflorum
• Jasminum bareiflorum

7. The traditional Christmas tree – Picea abies – is what type of conifer?

• Fir
• Pine
• Spruce

8. Why would you cover carrots with horticultural fleece?

• To keep them warm in winter
• To stop the being attacked by carrot root fly
• To hide them from view

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!