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Communities In Bloom gardening quiz

See how many of these 10 questions you get right
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It’s time for the seventh annual Chemainus Communities In Bloom gardening quiz.

Are you ready? Feet up, your favourite beverage at hand, here we go.

1. You are barking up the wrong tree if you think Cornus nuttalli is a maple oak, birch or beech?

2. In this popular movie Judi Dench and Maggie Smith checked in to an Indian hotel called?

3. What is in my bucket if I have just dug up some earth apples?

4. What is the birth flower for December?

5. Can’t say that I have ever seen a bear wearing this item of clothing, but it is the name for Acanthus spinosus?

6. Which plant family do Poinsettias belong to?

7. Which cereal must be grown in water?

8. How old is the average Christmas tree when cut?

9. Hellebores are sold at holiday time because they naturally bloom in winter. What is the common name?

10. What is the name of a flowering house plant with succulent leaves that blooms indoors in winter?

ANSWERS

1) Dogwood 2) Marigold 3) Potatoes 4) Holly and Narcissus 5) Bear’s Britches 6) Euphorbia 7) Rice 8) 8-10 years 9) Christmas Rose 10) Christmas Cactus

A very Merry Christmas to all from Chemainus Communities in Bloom. Thanks to all supporters who honk and wave when volunteers are working around town and also to those who have provided cold water in the heat and warm donuts on the very wet and rainy spring mornings.

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Communities In Bloom’s work can readily be seen year-round. (Photo by Don Bodger)