Half-hardy Annual

Question 1

Pumpkin

Answer 1

Cucurbita pepo
Pepo = melon
1.5m x 1.5m
Monoecious, veg garden
H2 Not native

Question 2

Morning glory ‘Heavenly Blue’

Answer 2

Ipomea tricolour ‘Heavenly Blue’ AGM
H2
Tricolour = three colours
4m x 1m
Climber, full sun

Question 3

Basil

Answer 3

Ocimum basilicum
Basilicum = kingly herb
H1C
Not native
0.5m x 0.5m
Edible plant, tender annual
Full sun

Question 4

French marigold

Answer 4

Tagates patula
H2
Patula = wide open
0.5m x 0.5m
Not native
Pollinator plant
Full sun

Question 5

Sweetcorn

Answer 5

Zea mays
H2
Mays = Maia’s month (a Roman Goddess)
Monecious (both male & female reproductive organs)
Monocotyledon (flowering plant whose seeds contain only one embryonic leaf or cotyledon)