A garden is full of riddles: seeds that turn into flowers, bees that carry pollen and blooms that follow the sun. This collection covers the parts of a flower, famous flowers from around the world and a few jokes to share outdoors.
Each riddle has a different answer, so it doubles as a gentle science lesson on stems, stamens, pistils and pollination.
Easy Flower Riddles for Kids
- I have colorful petals, I smell sweet and I grow in gardens. What am I? 👉 A flower
- I am the soft, colorful parts around the middle of a flower. What am I? 👉 Petals
- I am the green stalk that holds a flower up toward the sun. What am I? 👉 A stem
- I hide underground and drink water for the whole plant. What am I? 👉 Roots
- I am tiny, but plant me in soil and I will grow into a flower. What am I? 👉 A seed
- I am a tall yellow flower that turns to face the sun, and my seeds make a tasty snack. What am I? 👉 A sunflower
- I am red, I have thorns and people give me on Valentine’s Day. What am I? 👉 A rose
- I start as a yellow flower and turn into a fluffy white ball you can blow away. What am I? 👉 A dandelion
- I have a spout and a handle, and I give thirsty plants a drink. What am I? 👉 A watering can
- I am a flower that is still closed tight and has not opened yet. What am I? 👉 A bud
- I am a cup-shaped spring flower, and the Netherlands is famous for growing me. What am I? 👉 A tulip
- I have white petals and a yellow middle, and people pull my petals saying “loves me, loves me not.” What am I? 👉 A daisy
Flower Fact Riddles
These riddles are based on real plant science and history. The note after each answer explains it.
- I am the name for the 1630s craze in the Netherlands when single flower bulbs sold for enormous prices. What am I? 👉 Tulip mania
- I am the largest single flower in the world, I smell like rotting meat and I grow in the rainforests of Indonesia. What am I? 👉 Rafflesia arnoldii
- I happen when bees and butterflies carry pollen from one flower to another. What am I? 👉 Pollination
- I am the part of a flower that makes pollen. What am I? 👉 The stamen
- I am the part in the middle of a flower that catches pollen and grows seeds. What am I? 👉 The pistil
- Every spring, people in Japan hold picnics under my pink blossoms. What am I? 👉 The cherry blossom (these picnics are called hanami)
- I grow out of muddy ponds, and I am the national flower of India. What am I? 👉 The lotus
- Plants take in carbon dioxide and release me into the air for us to breathe. What am I? 👉 Oxygen
- I am the most expensive spice in the world, and I am picked by hand from crocus flowers. What am I? 👉 Saffron
Funny Flower Riddles
- What do you call a flower that runs on electricity? 👉 A power plant
- Which flower talks the most? 👉 Tulips (two lips)
- What did the big flower say to the little flower? 👉 “Hi, bud!”
- Why are flowers such fast drivers? 👉 They put the petal to the metal
Flower Brain Teasers
- A gardener plants 4 rows with 9 tulips in each row. How many tulips are there? 👉 36
- A plant doubles in height every week and is 32 cm tall after 5 weeks. How tall was it after 4 weeks? 👉 16 cm
- I am a flower, and I am also the name of a color between blue and purple. What am I? 👉 Violet
- I am a flower, and I am also the colored part of your eye. What am I? 👉 Iris
- You have 3 roses and you give away 2 daisies. How many roses do you have now? 👉 Still 3
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