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Q. Which flower blooms chick-yellow in spring?

Options: Azalea · Cosmos · Chrysanthemum · Forsythia

Answer: Forsythia

Forsythia is the yellow flower that announces the spring.

Q. Which flower blooms big and beautiful in a summer pond?

Options: Chrysanthemum · Rose · Camellia · Lotus

Answer: Lotus

The lotus. Its leaves bounce water right off, so it stays clean even in muddy water. That's why it has long been loved as the flower of a clear heart.

Q. Which flower stands for autumn?

Options: Chrysanthemum · Cherry blossom · Tulip · Forsythia

Answer: Chrysanthemum

The chrysanthemum. It keeps blooming stubbornly until the frost comes, so it stands for holding to your principles — and people brew it as a tea, too.

Q. Which of these does NOT bloom in spring?

Options: Cherry blossom · Forsythia · Cosmos · Azalea

Answer: Cosmos

The cosmos. Forsythia, azalea, and magnolia announce the spring, but the cosmos sways along autumn roadsides.

Q. Which flower blooms in early spring, even in the snow?

Options: Morning glory · Rose · Plum blossom · Sunflower

Answer: Plum blossom

The plum blossom is a tough flower that blooms even in the snow.

Q. Which flower opens in the morning and closes by midday?

Options: Rose · Dandelion · Sunflower · Morning glory

Answer: Morning glory

The morning glory. It looks like a little trumpet, just as its name suggests, and it's a busy flower — open at sunrise, closed by noon.

Q. Which flower is the classic symbol of love?

Options: Dandelion · Rose · Chrysanthemum · Foxtail grass

Answer: Rose

The red rose means passionate love.

Q. What is the sunflower known to stand for?

Options: Parting · Longing and waiting · Anger · Jealousy

Answer: Longing and waiting

It means a heart that stays true, like the sunflower always turning to the sun.

Q. What does a four-leaf clover stand for?

Options: Sadness · Courage · Good luck · Wealth

Answer: Good luck

The four-leaf clover means luck! The three-leaf clover means 'happiness'.

Q. On which day do people give carnations?

Options: New Year's Day · Thanksgiving · Mother's Day · Halloween

Answer: Mother's Day

On Mother's Day, people give carnations to say thank you.

🌼 Q. Which flower blooms yellow first of all, announcing the spring?

Options: Chrysanthemum · Forsythia · Cosmos · Sunflower

Answer: Forsythia

Yellow forsythia announces the spring!

🌸 Q. Which flower washes the hills and fields pink in spring?

Options: Azalea · Camellia · Cosmos · Chrysanthemum

Answer: Azalea

The azalea. Its flowers open before its leaves do, painting whole hillsides pink.

🌸 Q. Which flower fills the trees with pale pink in spring, then falls like snow?

Options: Cherry blossom · Chrysanthemum · Morning glory · Cosmos

Answer: Cherry blossom

Cherry blossom. About a week after it opens, it scatters like a rain of petals, which is why it became the symbol of a short, brilliant spring.

🌼 Q. Which flower makes a yellow wave in spring and is pressed for oil?

Options: Chrysanthemum · Canola flower · Sunflower · Rose

Answer: Canola flower

Fields of canola turn whole hillsides yellow!

💜 Q. Which climbing flower hangs down in purple bunches in spring?

Options: Chrysanthemum · Cosmos · Camellia · Wisteria

Answer: Wisteria

Purple wisteria in the shade of the vine!

🌻 Q. Which big flower turns its head to follow the summer sun?

Options: Plum blossom · Camellia · Chrysanthemum · Sunflower

Answer: Sunflower

The sunflower looks toward the sun!

🌺 Q. Which flower climbs walls and fences in summer?

Options: Camellia · Plum blossom · Morning glory · Chrysanthemum

Answer: Morning glory

The morning glory opens wide in the morning!

💠 Q. Which flower blooms in big round clusters in the summer rains and changes color?

Options: Hydrangea · Forsythia · Plum blossom · Chrysanthemum

Answer: Hydrangea

The hydrangea changes color depending on the soil!

💅 Q. What did children do with garden balsam petals in summer?

Options: Only made flower rings · Dyed their fingernails · Made perfume · Only told flower fortunes

Answer: Dyed their fingernails

They wrapped the petals onto their nails to dye them orange!

🌸 Q. Which pink and white flower sways in the autumn fields?

Options: Forsythia · Plum blossom · Azalea · Cosmos

Answer: Cosmos

Autumn means cosmos!

🏵️ Q. Which flower stands for autumn and is also used in memorials and made into tea?

Options: Chrysanthemum · Azalea · Morning glory · Forsythia

Answer: Chrysanthemum

The chrysanthemum, flower of autumn!

🌺 Q. Which warm-country flower blooms red in the snow, from winter to early spring?

Options: Cosmos · Sunflower · Morning glory · Camellia

Answer: Camellia

The camellia, which blooms in winter!

🌸 Q. Which flower opens before its leaves in early spring, with a soft scent?

Options: Cosmos · Plum blossom · Chrysanthemum · Sunflower

Answer: Plum blossom

The plum blossom beats the cold and blooms!

💜 Q. Which purple spring flower smells so strong it's called 'the queen of scent'?

Options: Morning glory · Chrysanthemum · Sunflower · Lilac

Answer: Lilac

The lilac. Its scent is so strong that it drifts right over the garden wall.

🤍 Q. Which tree flower opens big and white (or pink) before its leaves in spring?

Options: Cosmos · Morning glory · Magnolia · Chrysanthemum

Answer: Magnolia

The magnolia, blooming big at the tips of the branches!

🌷 Q. Which bell-shaped bulb flower fills spring flower beds along with tulips?

Options: Sunflower · Chrysanthemum · Cosmos · Hyacinth

Answer: Hyacinth

The sweet-smelling hyacinth!

🌷 Q. Which classic spring flower grows from a bulb and opens like a little cup?

Options: Tulip · Chrysanthemum · Cosmos · Sunflower

Answer: Tulip

The tulip of the Netherlands!

🌺 Q. Which big showy flower is called 'the flower of flowers' and stands for riches?

Options: Shepherd's purse flower · The tree peony · Dandelion · Violet

Answer: The tree peony

The tree peony, flower of wealth and glory!

🌹 Q. What is the rose best known to stand for?

Options: Parting · Love · Sadness · Hate

Answer: Love

The red rose means love!

💙 Q. What does the forget-me-not stand for?

Options: Come quickly · Goodbye · Don't forget me · I'm angry

Answer: Don't forget me

'Don't forget me' — the forget-me-not!

🌷 Q. What is closest to what a red tulip stands for?

Options: A confession of love · Sadness · Hate · Parting

Answer: A confession of love

The red tulip is a confession of love!

🤍 Q. What does baby's breath stand for when used with other flowers?

Options: Sadness · Anger · A clear heart and pure love · Jealousy

Answer: A clear heart and pure love

Baby's breath, so often used in bouquets!

🏵️ Q. Where are white chrysanthemums mostly used?

Options: Sports days · Funerals (remembrance) · Birthday parties · Only graduations

Answer: Funerals (remembrance)

White chrysanthemums honor someone who has passed away.

🌸 Q. On which days do people give carnations to parents and teachers?

Options: Christmas · Mother's Day and Teacher Appreciation Day · Children's Day · New Year's Day

Answer: Mother's Day and Teacher Appreciation Day

A carnation carries a thank-you!

☘️ Q. What does the three-leaf clover stand for?

Options: Parting · Sadness · Happiness · Good luck

Answer: Happiness

The plain old three-leaf clover means 'happiness'! It's right there beside you.

🐝 Q. What powder do bees and butterflies carry so a flower can make seeds?

Options: Flour · Sugar · Pollen · Dust

Answer: Pollen

Pollen. The bee gets nectar and the flower gets its pollen carried, so they help each other out.

🦋 Q. Why do bees and butterflies visit flowers?

Options: To color them in · To drink the sweet nectar · To sleep · To hide

Answer: To drink the sweet nectar

They drink the nectar and carry the pollen as they go!

🌸 Q. Why do flowers have pretty colors and scents?

Options: To be sold to people · For no reason · To call bees and butterflies · To glow at night

Answer: To call bees and butterflies

They call insects in, so their pollen gets carried!

🌼 Q. Which part in the middle of the flower becomes the seed (fruit)?

Options: The pistil · The petals · The stem · The sepals

Answer: The pistil

The pistil. When pollen touches its tip, seeds form in the ovary below, and that ovary grows into the fruit.

🌸 Q. Which part surrounds the pistil and makes the pollen?

Options: The roots · The leaves · The stamens · The sepals

Answer: The stamens

The stamens. The little sacs on their tips make pollen and send it off on the wind or with a bee or butterfly.

🌿 Q. What is the green part that holds up and wraps a flower bud from below?

Options: The sepals · The fruit · The pistil · The stamens

Answer: The sepals

The sepals. While it's a bud they wrap and protect the soft petals, and once it opens they hold it up from below.

🍎 Q. What appears once a flower has faded?

Options: Roots · The fruit and seeds · Only leaves · New petals

Answer: The fruit and seeds

Flower, then fruit, then seed!

🌙 Q. Some flowers open at night to call moths. What color are they usually?

Options: Purple · White (easy to see at night) · Red · Black

Answer: White (easy to see at night)

Many are white, which shows up well in the moonlight!

🌬️ Q. What appears when a dandelion flower fades, and flies away when you blow it?

Options: Leaves · Nectar · Only pollen · Fluffy seeds

Answer: Fluffy seeds

They ride the wind far away!

🌺 Q. Which flower is the national flower of Korea?

Options: Tulip · Rose · Rose of Sharon · Cherry blossom

Answer: Rose of Sharon

The rose of Sharon. Its Korean name means 'the flower without end'.

🌺 Q. What is special about the rose of Sharon?

Options: It only blooms in winter · It blooms, fades, and blooms again, for a long time · It blooms for one day only · It only blooms at night

Answer: It blooms, fades, and blooms again, for a long time

'Mugung' in its Korean name means 'without end'!

🪷 Q. What makes the lotus special?

Options: It blooms clean, even in the mud · It has no scent · It walks on water · It runs away at night

Answer: It blooms clean, even in the mud

The lotus, which the mud can't stain!

🌹 Q. What do you have to watch out for on a rose stem?

Options: Fire · Poison · Thorns · Electricity

Answer: Thorns

A pretty rose has thorns!

🏺 Q. What's a good way to make cut flowers in a vase last?

Options: Dry them right out in the sun · Don't give them water · Change the water often · Put them in the freezer

Answer: Change the water often

Clean water makes flowers last longer!

🍂 Q. Which of these does NOT bloom in autumn?

Options: Asters · Cosmos · Azalea · Chrysanthemum

Answer: Azalea

The azalea. Chrysanthemums, cosmos, and asters are autumn flowers, but the azalea washes the spring hills in pink.

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