Flower Biology
What part of the plant is a flower?
What is the reproductive part?
This yellow flower turns to face the sun.
What is a sunflower?
This season is famous for tulips blooming and cherry blossoms showing off their petals.
What is spring?
Japan celebrates this flower with festivals each spring.
What is the cherry blossom (sakura)?
This essential element helps plants create food through photosynthesis.
What is sunlight?
This part of the flower is often colorful and attracts pollinators.
What are petals?
This flower shares its name with a color and is popular on Valentine’s Day.
What is a rose?
Sunflowers love the warmth and bloom brightest during this sunny season.
What is summer?
This flower is the national flower of the U.S.
What is the rose?
Overwatering can lead to this soggy condition that causes roots to decay.
What is root rot?
Flowers grow from this part of the plant.
What is a stem?
This flower shares its name with a bulb used in cooking.
What is an onion flower?
This flower, commonly associated with Día de los Muertos and fall decor, blooms in autumn.
What is the marigold?
This flower, often associated with beauty and divine presence, is frequently linked to Jewish tradition and is said to have bloomed on Mount Sinai.
What is the lily?
This mix of soil, peat, and perlite provides the best growing environment for most houseplants.
What is potting mix?
This green part holds up the petals and protects the bud before it opens.
What is a sepal?
This flower has no scent and blooms in the spring, especially in Holland.
What is a tulip?
Though most flowers don’t bloom in winter, this one braves the cold and even blooms through snow.
What is the camellia?
This country is known for its tulip fields (hint: not the original source of tulips!).
What is the Netherlands?
Some plants thrive on being ignored and only need watering every few weeks.
What is a succulent? (other answer: snake plant, cactus, etc)
What is the male part of the flower called?
What is the stamen?
This tropical flower is Hawaii’s state flower.
What is the hibiscus?
Known as "spring ephemerals," these delicate woodland flowers bloom quickly before the trees leaf out. Name one common example.
What is a trillium? (Accept also: bloodroot, Dutchman’s breeches, or Virginia bluebell)
The lotus flower is sacred in this religion.
What is Buddhism (or Hinduism)?
What are substances that can be added to soil to help plants grow?
What is caffeine?
What is sugar?
What is compost?
What is nitrogen-rich fertilizer?
What is mulch?
What is bone meal?