The history of the world is rich with references to plants.
Can you answer this question?
The ________ was named after the Cherokee Indian who created an alphabet.
All of the fifty states have either official or unofficial state flowers.
See if you can answer this botanical geography question.
Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Wisconsin all chose which flower?
a. Wild Rose
b. Marigold
c. Violet
d. Dogwood
Canada, the second largest country in the world, is a vast, vibrant land of mountains, prairies, lakes and tundra.
The variety of climate and terrain provides this country with a striking parade of wildflowers.
Each of Canada’s ten provinces and two territories has a floral emblem.
Can you answer this question?
Quebec is Canada’s largest province. Its floral emblem is the popular __________. What?
How well do you know your common garden varieties of some standard garden vegetables?
Example: Early Jersey Wakefield, Golden Acre, Danish
Ball Head are all cabbages.
King of Denmark, New Zealand, Princess Juliana is what vegetable__________?
Source of Information: Gardening Trivia, Authors: Marlene & Hank Bruce
The botanical names of many of our common plants are tongue-twisters, but they are necessary for description and classification.
Can you identify the true meaning of this plant name?
The milkweed and butterfly weed are in the Asclepias family.
From where do we get the word?
a. The name of the Roman god of medicine
b. A Greek town where they are found
c. A classic Greek word for feather, referring to its seed
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