Climbing Plants Quiz

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Instructions: Vines and climbers add vertical beauty to gardens! Test your knowledge of these plants that reach for the sky.

1.
Which climbing plant is famous for covering the walls of old English cottages and universities?
A
Climbing Hydrangea
B
Virginia Creeper
C
Wisteria
D
English Ivy
2.
What fragrant climbing plant has clusters of tubular white flowers and is associated with warm summer evenings?
A
Honeysuckle
B
Sweet Pea
C
Jasmine
D
Clematis
3.
Which vigorous climbing plant produces long, hanging clusters of purple or white flowers in spring?
A
Bougainvillea
B
Trumpet Vine
C
Wisteria
D
Passionflower
4.
The Clematis vine is nicknamed the "Queen of" what?
A
The Climbers
B
The Flowers
C
The Vines
D
The Garden
5.
Which climbing plant produces the passion fruit and has elaborate, intricate flowers?
A
Kiwi Vine
B
Mandevilla
C
Grape Vine
D
Passionflower (Passiflora)
6.
How does English Ivy attach itself to walls and surfaces?
A
Tendrils
B
Twining stems
C
Thorns and hooks
D
Adhesive aerial rootlets
7.
Which climbing plant produces large, trumpet-shaped orange flowers and is a hummingbird favorite?
A
Black-Eyed Susan Vine
B
Morning Glory
C
Mandevilla
D
Trumpet Vine (Campsis)
8.
What popular annual climbing vine opens its blue, purple, or pink funnel-shaped flowers each morning?
A
Sweet Pea
B
Nasturtium
C
Moonflower
D
Morning Glory
9.
Virginia Creeper is often confused with Poison Ivy. How many leaflets does Virginia Creeper have per leaf?
A
Four
B
Five
C
Seven
D
Three
10.
Which climbing plant is grown commercially for its cone-shaped flowers used in brewing beer?
A
Jasmine
B
Kiwi Vine
C
Grape Vine
D
Hops
11.
What fragrant climbing annual produces ruffled flowers in many colors and is popular in cottage gardens?
A
Black-Eyed Susan Vine
B
Nasturtium
C
Canary Creeper
D
Sweet Pea
12.
Which tropical climbing plant has brightly colored papery bracts and thrives in hot, dry climates?
A
Mandevilla
B
Bougainvillea
C
Dipladenia
D
Allamanda
13.
The Grape Vine has been cultivated for wine production for approximately how long?
A
500 years
B
15,000 years
C
2,000 years
D
6,000-8,000 years
14.
Which climbing hydrangea is unusual because it can climb shady walls where few other climbers thrive?
A
Hydrangea petiolaris
B
Hydrangea paniculata
C
Hydrangea arborescens
D
Hydrangea macrophylla
15.
What is the term for a garden structure specifically designed to support climbing plants overhead?
A
Pergola
B
Trellis
C
All of these
D
Arbor

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