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101 Plant Trivia Questions All Gardeners Know Better Than Other Gardeners

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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