Local Flowers
This local flower is essential to Monarch butterflies.
What is milkweed?
This part of the flower is usually the biggest and most brightly colored.
What is a Petal?
This purple flower has calming properties.
What is lavendar?
This is this type of garden. (Picture 1)
What is a zen garden?
This type of plant comes back every year.
What is perennial?
This local, endangered flower is often spotted at Camp Hoover.
What is trillium?
Many people are allergic to this, which is part of how flowers reproduce.
What is pollen?
This code, similar to Morse code, can be used to send messages.
What is flower code?
This is this type of garden. (Picture 2)
What is a formal garden?
This type of plant has to be planted every year.
What is annual?
This sweet, red local flower doesn't attract bears, but rather hummingbirds.
What is honeysuckle?
Sepals are small, leaf-like structures designed to protect this part of the flower.
What is the bud?
This flowering tree produces the state fruit of New York.
What is apple?
This type of garden elevates the growing area for plants. (Picture 3)
What is raised bed?
This type of plant has to be planted in the fall, so it can germinate underground during the winter.
What is a bulb?
This pink local flower is something to "buzz" about when making herbal remedies.
What is bee balm.
Flowers can be male, female or both. Flowers that have both male and female parts are called this.
What is perfect?
Keeping flowers and plants around your home can help you feel this way.
What is calm and happy?
This type of garden can be grown inside or outside and is great to have if you like to cook. (Picture 4)
These types of plants go well together - they don't say nice things to each other, it just sounds like they do!
What are complementary?
This local flower (despite it's name, it's not a weed!) was once used for snuff... don't sniff it because you might... Achoo!
What is sneezeweed?
What is the male part?
What is medicinal?
This type of garden doesn't just produce the plants it is named for... it also can be used for fruits. (Picture 5)
What is a vegetable garden?
Syracuse is in Zone 5b for this, which means that our low temperature is between -15 and -10 degrees F, and tells you how "difficult" it will be for a plant to survive the winter.
What is hardiness?