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Are you a green fingered fanatic? Test your gardening knowledge with our daily quiz. This competition is now closed. Winners will be notified by email.

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Take the first letter of each of your daily answers and rearrange them to form a word linked to this year’s climate conscious show.

Entries are now closed.

The winner will be notified by email.

  • The roots of peas are full of bacteria which ‘fix’ a particular nutrient. What is this nutrient?

Monday's answer was Nitrogen

Tuesday's question is:

  • This garden designer won a gold and a People's Choice medal at Chelsea last year and this year’s celebration of 100 years of Hidcote Manor was awarded a silver gilt. But what’s the surname of the man in question?

Tuesday's answer was Beardshaw

Wednesday's question is:

  • Buddleja globosa, a striking shrub originating from the South American Andes, has been given the Award of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society. What’s its common name?

Wednesday's answer was Orange ball tree

Thursday's question is:

  • Designer Andy Sturgeon cites the word ‘Together’ as the inspiration for his Chelsea show garden. Which charity’s mission is this theme taken from?

Thursday's answer was Cancer Research UK

Friday's question is:

  • Very easy to grow and great stewed with crumble, 'Prince Albert' and 'Victoria' are varieties of what?

Friday's answer was Rhubarb

Saturday's question is:

  • Popular with the Victorians, what small but perfectly formed group of plants are Sempervivum tectorum and Allium flavum a part of?

Saturday's answer was Alpine

  • Final answer is: Carbon

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