Bilingual gardening vocabulary: Types of plants

Are you familiar with the various types of garden plants? Would you know what they are called in French? This quiz will allow you to perfect your knowledge of gardening in both languages. Just translate the term in square brackets into French. Time to get digging!

1. [Annuals] are plants that live only one year.
2. [Perennials] are plants that live several years.
3. [Conifers] produce seeds that are protected by woody cones.
4. [Deciduous trees] lose their leaves in autumn.
5. [Cultivars] are a plant or tree variety that does not exist in nature.
6. [Ground cover] grows so as to form a dense plant mat.
7. [Weeds] are unwanted plants that invade an area without having been purposely planted there.
8. [Succulents] have thick leaves and fleshy, water-filled stalks.
9. Trees and bushes are [woody plants].
10. [Medicinal plants] are used as medicines.
  
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