Picture quiz: Test your Kew plant knowledge

Bored at home? Take our quiz all about the plants of our Gardens.

You could even use these questions for your own virtual pub quiz to test your friends and family. 

Have a go at these 15 fun questions and find the answers at the bottom of the page. Good luck!

2. Dubbed the ‘corpse flower', this is one of the smelliest plants at Kew. What is it?

A. Eastern Cape giant cycad (Encephalartos altensteinii)

B. Low’s pitcher plant (Nepenthes lowii) 

C. Chilean blue crocus (Tecophilaea cyanocrocus) 

D. Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) 

4. In which of Kew's glasshouses would you find the hairy pink banana (Musa velutina)?

A. Temperate House

B. Waterlily House

C. Palm House

D. Davies Alpine House

6. Our rare Encephalartos woodii is the loneliest plant at Kew. Which one of our Collections is it part of?

A. Fern

B. Bonsai

C. Cycad 

D. Bromeliad

8. In which zone of our Princess of Wales Conservatory does this golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii) live?

A. Carnivorous

B. Wet tropical

C. Desert

D. Tropical mountain

10. How wide can the pads of our giant Amazon waterlilies (Victoria amazonica) grow?

A. 3 metres

B. 10 metres

C. 1 metre

D. 7 metres

12. Can you name these beautifully colourful flowers?

A. Roses 

B. Tulips

C. Coneflowers

D. Peonies

14. Where is the native endemic region of our Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis)?

A. Russia

B. Australia

C. Canada

D. Brazil

Answers

1. Our tallest tree is this coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). What is its height?

B. 40 metres

Learn more about our redwoods

2. Dubbed the ‘corpse flower', this is one of the smelliest plants at Kew. What is it?

D. Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) 

Discover the secrets of titan arum

3. Can you name the genus of this flowering plant, seen here close up?

A. Echinacea

See the other plants in our Great Broad Walk Borders

4. In which of Kew's glasshouses would you find the hairy pink banana (Musa velutina)?

C. Palm House

Watch our film on the pink banana

5. Our Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) is as old as our botanic garden. When was it planted here?

B. 1760s

Learn more about our tree collection 

6. Our rare Encephalartos woodii is the loneliest plant at Kew. Which one of our Collections is it part of?

C. Cycad

Read the story of Encephalartos woodii

7. What native tree species do these leaves belong to?

A. English oak (Quercus robur)

Discover why leaves change colour in autumn

8. In which zone of our Princess of Wales Conservatory does this golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii) live?

C. Desert

Find out about this unique glasshouse

9. How does this round-leaved sundew catch its insect prey?

D. Sticky mucus on tentacles

Swot up on sundews

10. How wide can the pads of our giant Amazon waterlilies (Victoria amazonica) grow?

A. 3 metres

Read about how we grow our giant waterlilies

11. Which tree grows these red fruits?

B. Yew (Taxus baccata)

Find out how plants use their fruits for seed dispersal

12. Can you name these beautifully colourful flowers?

B. Tulips

See a rainbow of flowers in our Gardens

13. How many different species of bamboo grow in our Bamboo Garden?

D. 130

Find out more about our Bamboo Garden

14. Where is the native endemic region of our Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis)?

B. Australia

Learn some facts about Wollemi pines

15. Where in our Gardens can you find a carpet of bluebells in spring?

A. Natural Area

Virtually tour the bluebells at Kew