Can you tell a succulent from a bush? Know the difference between chlorophyll and chloroplasts? Does your gardening knowledge and know-how make your garden the best on the block? Then test your green thumb with this list of plant trivia questions and answers to prove you know your turnips from parsnips. Plants are all around us, and knowing what they are and how they work is a point of pride for those who love plants with a passion.
Even if you don’t know much about plants, you can brush up on your knowledge of nature while pitting yourself against experts who know their way around a garden or forest. So whether you have the magic touch or kill every plant you touch, put your knowledge to the test with this plant quiz. These questions on plants will either have you answering questions from the roots to the flowers or questioning if you ever knew anything about plants at all.
Would you like to try a different quiz? Check out our quiz about flowers and trees, or the one about the rainforest, or even this one about birds.
The national tree of Indonesia is what?
Cedar
Olive
Mahogany
Teak
Agave is used to make what?
Rum
Gin
Tequila
Brandy
Alder bark is said to what?
Improve blood circulation
Help sore eyes
Ease skin irritation
Help acne
Coffee plants can live up to how long?
100 years
50 years
70 years
30 years
The sweatpea is said to symbolise what?
Ambition
Grattitude
Compassion
Devotion
Iris is said to symbolise what?
Art
Good news
Heartlessness
Bad news
The Fumin grape come from where?
Chile
Italy
Spain
France
A pink rose is said to symbolise what?
Dignity
Desire
Fun
Lust
The Tulip is said to symbolise what?
Happiness
Life
Fame
Separation
The nettle is said to symbolise what?
Cruelty
Fidelity
Hope
Passion
The Acacia Tree is said to symbolise what?
A journey
Abundence
Danger
Nourishment
Who wrote the Poem ‘Ah Sunflower’?
Robert Frost
George Herbert
William Blake
W B Yeats
The Moluccella is a member of which family?
Fuschia family
Rose family
Mint Family
Orchid family
The Hydnora Africana is what?
The world’s ugliest flower
The world’s most expensive flower
The world’s largest flower
The world’s smelliest flower
The waynard tree is said to symbolise what?
Healing
Death
Spirituality
Growth
The Waxflower is which of these?
A tree
A fruit
A flower
A shrub
The Dragon Tree is native to which continent?
Asia
Africa
Europe
South America
Marrigold is said to symbolise what?
Impatience
Revenge
Music
Pain
Who painted the famous painting ‘Cypresses’?
Van Gough
Monet
Manet
Renoir
The national flower of Bulgaria is what?
The Astor
The Azelea
The Rose
The Tulip Poplar
The Ancient Wuda Forest can be found where?
China
Thailand
Vietnam
Japan
Baseball bats are typically made from what?
Pine
Oak
Hickory
Spruce
The Forget Me Not is said to symbolise what?
True love
Daydreaming
Devotion
Disguise
The Methusaleh Tree can be found where?
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Lebanon
The Rubber tree can be found where?
North America
South America
India
Asia
Basil is said to symbolise what?
Graft
Strength
Patience
Harmony
The national flower of Etheopia is what?
The Knapweed
The Iris
The Rose
The Lily
The Common Hawthorn flowers in what month?
September
May
July
August
The Wyndham oak is famous for what reason?
It is the oldest tree in England
It sheltered Cromwell
It appears on OS maps
It sis indestructable
The lone Pine can be found where?
Greece
Turkey
Jordan
Israel
Lavender is said to symbolise what?
Good news
Royalty
Devotion
Grief
The lemon tree is said to symbolise what?
Cleanliness
Ambition
Fortitude
Hope
Saffron comes from where?
The Rose
The Daffodil
The Tulip
The Crocus
The exotic Cuphea is said to resemble what?
Small rabbits
Small snakes
Mice
Small frogs
The Acer is part of which tree family?
Poplar family
Maple family
Beech family
Birch family
The Banff national park is in which country?
USA
Ireland
Canada
Scotland
Which wood is the cricket bat from?
Ash
Oak
Willow
Yew
The Cedars of God can be found where?
Jordan
Egypt
Israel
The Lebanon
The chestnut tree is said to symbolise what?
Wellbeing
Prosperity
Healing
Long life
The tree Arbol del Tule is famous for what?
The hardness of its wood
Its massively wide trunk
Its hight
Its age
The Plum Yew Tree can be found where?
Uraguay
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
The New Forest is in which area of the UK?
Dorset
Wiltshire
Suffolk
Hampshire
The national flower of Jordan is what?
The White Iris
The Red Iris
The Blue Iris
The Black Iris
Dame Edna Everage is associated with?
Gladiolus
Daisy
Lily
Lupin
The national tree of the UK is ….?
The Silver Oak
The Royal Oak
The Golden Oak
The Green Oak
Pacas is a variety of what?
Tobacco
Coffee
Cotton
Tea
The State tree of Missouri is which of these?
The American Elm
The red Pine
The Bur Oak
The Flowering Dogwood
Arusha is a variety of what?
Tobacco
Rice
Coffee
Tea
The magnolia tree is said to symbolise what?
Something long lasting
Light
Foreboding
Something mysterious
The Rose originated in which country?
Spain
China
India
England
The Daintree Rainforest can be found where?
Brazil
Thailand
Australia
New Zeland
Wisteria can cause what?
Sickness
A rash
Blindness
Subsididence
Ivy is said to symbolise what?
Love
Pride
Dependence
Purity
The Fagus is the Latin name for what?
The Birch
The Poplar
The Oak
The Beech
The color of the sunflower is which of these?
Cream
Blue
Yellow
Red
The Ash tree is said to symbolise what?
Sorrow
Longevity
Hope
Sacrifice
The Doomsday Oak can be found where?
Bristol
London
Bath
Biscter
The Jade Plant is also known as what?
The Tiger Plant
The Money Plant
The Snow Plant
The Lily Plant
The Aralia Spinosa is better known as what?
Devil’s Elbow
Devil’s Walkingstick
Devil’s Beard
Devil’s Foot
The Liberty Tree is in which US city?
New York
Philadephia
San Francisco
Boston
The Alnus is the Latin name for what?
The Ash
The Birch
The Beech
The Alder
The Margarita Bop is native to where?
Spain
Mexico
New England
California
The orange tree is said to symbolise what?
Reward
Cleansing
Welcome
Parting
Who Painted palm Trees at Bordighera?
Van Gough
Monet
Renoir
Manet
Witch Hazel bark is commonly used for what?
Aid flu recovery
Ease skin irritation
Fight acne
Help eyesight
The Boab Prison Tree can be found where?
Australia
New Zeland
Burma
Madagascar
Broom is said to symbolise what?
Profit
Humility
Grattitude
Docility
Keilder Forest is where?
Cumbria
Lancashire
Northumberland
Yorkshire
The Tree of Life can be found where?
Jordan
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Which US state produces the most oranges?
New Mexico
Arizona
Florida
Georgia
The Jade Vine is closely related to what?
Broad bean
Kidney beans
Runner beans
Peas
The Malbec grape comes from which country?
Spain
France
Australia
Italy
Thyme is said to symbolise what?
Modesty
Thrift
Faithfulness
Ambition
The national flower of Turkey is what?
Lilac
Wisteria
The Tulip
The Lily
Mayflower is said to symbolise what?
Malevolence
Welcome
Discretion
Fornication
The Opunita Microdasy is also known as what?
The Bunny Ear Cactus
The Dog Ear Cactus
The Cow Ear Cactus
The Mouse Ear Cactus
Who wrote the poem ‘Trees in the Garden’?
William Shakespeare
John Betjeman
Ted Hughes
D H Lawrence
Who wrote ‘Wind in the Willows’?
J M Barrie
Kenneth Grahame
C S Lewis
AA Milne
Salix is the Latin name for what?
The Birch
The Ash
The Willow
The Hazel
The Tradescantia is commonly known as what?
The weeping Fif
The Rubber Plant
The Spider Plant
The wandering Jew
The Home Tree features in which film?
Lord of the Rings
Star Wars
Avatar
The Hobbit
Corojo is a type of what?
Rice
Cotton
Tobacco
Coffee
Tentsmuir Forest is where?
Sirling
Argyle and Bute
Angus
Fife
The Castanea is the Latin name for what?
The Chestnut
The Birch
The Oak
The Larch
The Dark Entry Forest can be found where?
UK
Canada
Germany
USA
Crinum Jagus is more commonly known as what?
St Sebastian Lily
St Matthew lily
The St Christopher lily
St Peter Lily
The State tree of Maryland is which of these?
The Bur Oak
The Tulip Poplar
The White Oak
The Bald Cypress
The national flower of the Ukraine is what?
The Sunflower
The Orchid
The Flame Lily
The Lily of the Valley
The elm tree is said to symbolise what?
Inner strength
Renewal
Springtime
Love
The Flora grape comes from where?
USA
France
New Zeland
Australia
The Firewheel Tree hails from where?
South America
India
Australia
Asia
The Wolffia Angusta is which of these?
The world’s largest flower
The world’s sought after flower
The world’s smallest flower
The world’s most poisonous flower
The Green Pitcher Plant is native to where?
Arizona
California
New England
Georgia
The Scilla Maderensis hails from where?
Malta
Gibralta
The Canary Islands
Madeira
The Grass Aloe can only be found where?
Sri Lanka
North Africa
Crete
Eastern Africa
Mint is said to symbolise what?
Worth
Suspicion
Peace
Music
The Cedar appears on the flag of where?
Egypt
Israel
Lebanon
Jordan
The national flower of Brazil is what?
The Blue Poppy
Kantuta
The Bird of Paradise
The Orchid
The crab apple tree is said to symbolise what?
Youth
Harmony
Old age
Happiness
The Ranunculus literally means what?
Little Snake
Little Toad
Little Frog
Little Rabbit
The color of the lavender is what?
Orange
Red
White
Blue
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