Gardening Trivia

Now, the perfect companion to your trowel, watering can and well-worn gloves - "Gardening Trivia." For those with or without a garden, this book explores the world of plants with all its diversity: house plants, garden plants, flowers, weeds, vegetables, trees, spices . . . From the nursery to the woods, "Gardening Trivia" will challenge anyone who has planted a seedling or admired a rose. How well do you know your garden?

True or False: Sprinkling table salt on a plant infected with aphids will kill the bugs within 24 hours.

What common fruit, the flowers of which are white and very fragrant, was brought to the New World by Columbus on his second voyage?

Why are earthworms good for a garden?

New Jersey, of course, is the Garden State, but where is the Palmetto State?

What common weed was once used to produce a dye for wool?

With 70 sections ranging from What's This Growing in Your Garden? to Botanical Big Game Hunters, Gardening Trivia brings out the green thumb in all of us.