Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Goddess of the rainbow, I;
Am graceful in the spring;
My petals droop like butterflies;
I lend the colour to your eyes;
My praises poets sing.
2. My name means "star"; my flowers bright;
Are shaggy as a lion;
Like daisy and chrysanthemum;
My blossoms thrive in gentle sun;
I am the cheerful kind.
3. I am treasure of the Mother;
Spicy scents I hold;
My blossoms cheer you, every one;
I smile to see my merry sun;
I'm decked in shades of gold.
4. My name will speak of cleanliness;
I never flaunt my hues;
My scent redolent of an age;
When blooms in linen chests were laid;
Then I was always used.
5. Wear me in your next corsage;
Expensive and exotic;
Sophisticated colour scheme;
My spots and streaks may sometimes seem;
Amazingly quixotic.
6. I am shy; I live in shade;
My blooms are fine and small;
My name's a colour, loved by most;
Of tiny blooms I am the toast;
My scent enchanting all.
7. I'm sometimes called a poppy;
But my name is hard to spell;
I wear a pointed hood of green;
To hide my orange petals' sheen;
Yet I am bold as well.
8. I am gold; I hang in chains;
That might adorn a mayor;
But poison lies within my heart;
My deadliness sets me apart;
And so, my friend; beware!
9. My flower so small is rarely seen;
My leaves share holly's song;
I twine, I cling;
And patterns bring;
My grip is firm and strong.
10. Who wants to live forever?;
For you it might be sad;
But my blooms are here;
For many a year;
Eternity's not bad.
11. I'm guardsman straight;
In scarlet flaring;
Purple, white or rose;
Some call me gaudy, ostentatious;
Why, would you suppose?
12. Australia's gift to perfumery;
I'm too polite to push;
My blooms are mostly tabby;
My foliage never shabby;
I thrive in garden beds and in the bush.
13. I was a sacred water bloom;
The old Egyptians saw me;
In India and China too;
My blooms were sought in white and blue;
Belov'd by those who wore me.
14. Pink I bloom in season;
By roads and sunny lanes;
My glowing hips in winter ways;
Brighten cold and gloomy days;
Before I bloom again.
15. My name means "noble white" combined;
I live in alpine regions;
In snowy places I belong;
My name's familiar in a song;
Admirers? I have legions!
16. My name comes from the dolphin;
I am tall and true;
In gardens I am much admired;
For my stately blooming spires;
I hold heaven's hue.
17. They call me busy lizzie;
I'm happy under trees;
In pots I'm fun;
I don't like sun;
I really aim to please.
18. Bright flowers hold spurs of honey;
My leaves are good to eat;
To pickle pots;
My seeds are lost;
In frost I find defeat.
19. I often mimic other plants;
My leaves pretend to be;
Nutmeg, lemon, peppermint;
But I am always me;
My blooms are red or yellow, white;
Or pink or apricot;
My leaves are varied textures;
I offer you the lot!
20. Not love in the mist but love I am;
My name's not bleeding heart;
My name lies in this puzzle;
It's sad when lovers part.
Source: Author
Sallyo
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