*plant iq quiz
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Landscape designers and contractors need a high plant IQ to succeed in today's competitive market. Test your plant identification skills with this fun quiz. Whether you pass or fail our fun plant quiz, consider increasing your Plant IQ with hands-on training at Rutgers. Give us just 11 Friday mornings and we’ll give you an expanded palette of plants so you can choose better plants for specific places, manage existing landscapes better, impress potential customers with your vast plant knowledge and upsell your current clients to increase your profits.TRANSCRIPT
So You Think You Know Plants?
All Right Then,P R O V E I T.
Let’s Play Name This Plant!
This is a picture of what?
a. Purple Clover
b. Periwinkle Flower
c. Iris
This is a picture of what?
a. Purple Clover
b. Periwinkle Flower
c. Iris
This is a picture of what?
a. Purple Clover
b. Periwinkle Flower
c. Iris
If you chose Periwinkle Flower,you are correct!
Well, that was an easy
one.
If you chose Periwinkle Flower,you are correct!
Did You Know?A shade-loving ground cover, periwinkle flower (Vinca minor) is traditionally planted under large trees, where the homeowner's choice of lawn grass would quickly have given up, deprived of sufficient light.
Well, that was an easy
one.
If you chose Periwinkle Flower,you are correct!
Okay, let’s try another one!
This is a picture of what?
a. Ponderosa Pine Cones
b. Sugar Pine Cones
c. European Larch Cones
This is a picture of what?
a. Ponderosa Pine Cones
b. Sugar Pine Cones
c. European Larch Cones
This is a picture of what?
a. Ponderosa Pine Cones
b. Sugar Pine Cones
c. European Larch Cones
If you chose European Larch Cones,you are correct!
Yeah, yeah - good
guess.
If you chose European Larch Cones,you are correct!
Yeah, yeah - good
guess.
Did You Know?A great ornamental tree option for parks and gardens, the wood of European Larch trees (Larix decidua) is fast-growing, tough and flexible. For these qualities, they have been cultivated since 1620 for yacht building.
If you chose European Larch Cones,you are correct!
Give this one a shot!
This is a picture of what?
a. Holly Berries
b.“Rozannie” Japanese Aucuba Berries
c. Rock Cotoneaster Berries
This is a picture of what?
a. Holly Berries
b.“Rozannie” Japanese Aucuba Berries
c. Rock Cotoneaster Berries
This is a picture of what?
a. Holly Berries
b.“Rozannie” Japanese Aucuba Berries
c. Rock Cotoneaster Berries
Unless you chose Rock Cotoneaster Berries,you are wrong!
See, it’s not as easy
as you thought.
Unless you chose Rock Cotoneaster Berries,you are wrong!
See, it’s not as easy
as you thought.
Did You Know?The Rock Cotoneaster plant (Cotoneaster horizontalis) is a great four-season shrub. They produce flowers in late spring and host glossy green leaves in summer. They bear fall foliage in autumn and their shiny red berries help brighten the early winter landscape.
Unless you chose Rock Cotoneaster Berries,you are wrong!
One more for good measure!
This is a picture of what?
a. Leather Leaf Mahonia Fruit
b. Common Moonseed
c. Concord Grapes
This is a picture of what?
a. Leather Leaf Mahonia Fruit
b. Common Moonseed
c. Concord Grapes
This is a picture of what?
a. Leather Leaf Mahonia Fruit
b. Common Moonseed
c. Concord Grapes
Did you pick Leather Leaf Mahonia Fruit?If you did, you’re a champ!
Don’t mix this up
with poisonous
moonseed!
Did you pick Leather Leaf Mahonia Fruit?If you did, you’re a champ!
Don’t mix this up
with poisonous
moonseed!
Did You Know?Leather Leaf Mahonia Fruit (Mahonia bealei) is desirable for its spring bloom, high quality summer foliage and blue fruit in fall. This shrub mixes well with other broadleaf evergreens, is resistant to summer drought and tolerates poor soils.
Did you pick Leather Leaf Mahonia Fruit?If you did, you’re a champ!
Whether you passed or failed our fun plant quiz…
Consider increasing your plant IQ
with
hands-on training at Rutgers.
Give us just 11 Friday mornings and we’ll give you…
An expanded palette of
plants,
so you can…
Choose better plants for specific places
Manage existing landscapes better
Impress potential customers with your vast plant knowledgeand
Upsell your current clients to increase your profits$ $ $
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Take our
Landscape Plants Course
this Winter because…
Classroom Learning + Hands-On
Training
= Success
Landscape PlantsIdentification, Selection & Application
January 3 – March 14, 2014Friday Mornings: 8:30am to 12:00pm
Visit www.cpe.rutgers.edu/landscape-plants for more info.