Plants & Gardening Trivia
Flowers, trees, houseplants and vegetables, plus the botany that explains them. This category is for gardeners, plant collectors and anyone who's wondered why a tomato is a fruit.
Every answer is typed, and each question comes with a short fact about the plant.
- 205questions
- 67easy
- 59medium
- 79hard
What's covered
- Flowers
- Trees
- Botany
- Vegetables
- Houseplants
- Gardening
Plants & Gardening Trivia: sample questions
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- easy
What is the name of the tall tropical grass whose crushed stems produce most of the world's table sugar?
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Sugar cane
Brazil grows more sugar cane than any other country, using much of its harvest to produce ethanol fuel as well as sugar.
- easy
Which flower is the national floral emblem of England, and is also the flower most commonly given as a gift on Valentine's Day?
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Rose
The red-and-white Tudor rose was created by Henry VII to unite the warring houses of Lancaster and York after the Wars of the Roses.
- medium
What general term describes plants such as aloe, echeveria, and jade plant that have thick, fleshy leaves or stems adapted to store water in their tissues?
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Succulent
Cacti are technically succulents too — they just store their water in swollen stems instead of leaves.
- medium
What term describes a plant that lives for more than two growing seasons, typically flowering and regrowing repeatedly year after year?
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Perennial
Trees, shrubs, and all gymnosperms are technically perennials, alongside familiar garden favorites like peonies and hostas.
- hard
What horticultural technique involves pruning and training a fruit tree so it grows flat, in a formal two-dimensional pattern, against a wall, fence, or wires?
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Espalier
In walled medieval European gardens, fruit trees were pruned flat against south-facing stone walls so the warmth the stone radiated overnight could ripen fruit in otherwise-too-cool climates.
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