ROUND 3 - general

(Name these gardening personalities)

1              An author of novels and TV/radio presenter    

2              An artist whose garden is now a French visitor's centre

3             A relative of the Queen and past president of the RHS        

4              A comedian famous for "Odd Odes" who has written a gardening book.

5              Which type of soil will retain most plant nutrients:  clayey........sandy.........loam      

6              Which chemical element is said to produce sturdy growth and gives good flavour to fruit        

7              Which chemical element produces lush growth

8              My beetroots tend to go hollow and rotten, which trace element may be short

9              What is tilth

10            What is an unbranched one year old tree called

11            What is a sucker

12            What is a "good strike

13            In which county is Sheffield Park

14            Queen Victoria opened this garden in 1838 to the public for the first time and it became a favourite day out for Londoners.

15            This NT garden was inspired by Major Lawrence Johnston

16            This sub-tropical garden is 300 miles north of London

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ANSWERS

1               Alan Titchmarsh

2               Monet         

3               Lord Aberconwy    

4               Cyril Fletcher   

5               clayey     

6               potash     

7               nitrogen  

8               boron

9               Term used for a fine, crumbly surface to the soil making it perfect for sowing

10             A whip

11             A basal shoot which grows from a bud at the base of a tree/shrub or its root

12              A good percentage of rooted cuttings

13              East Sussex

14              Hampton Court

15              Hidcote Manor

16              Inverewe