annuals,biennials+and+perennials

=**Annuals, Biennials Perennials** =

  • If you have ever tried to plant a garden you will know from experience that many flowering plants grow, bloom and die all in a single year.  • Other plants may continue to grow from year to year and others may live for many.  • Why you might ask? Well the lifespan of a plant is mainly determined by both __ **genetic** __ and __ **enviormental** __ factors. An increase of rain or a decrease of rain can easily kill plants. =****__ANNUALS__**** =  Annuals are plants which grow and bloom for one season.  Some prefer cool weather, so they are called __ ‘winter annuals’. __  Others prefer warm weather, so they are called ‘ __ summer annuals __ ’.  • These plants

 1. grow from a seed

 2. Mature

 3. Flower

 4. Produce seed

 5. Then Die

 • All in the course of one year. Flowering plants that have <span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.56in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.56in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> this lifespan are known as ( __ annuals) __.

<span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.56in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.56in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Annuals include many flowering plants such as marygolds, <span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.56in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.56in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> petunias, pansies, and zinnias. =<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> = <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**__zinnias__** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**__ **Beinnials** __**

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> l Angiosperms that live their life cycle in the duration of two years are known as __ (biennials) __. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> l <span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"> During the first year these plants germinate andgrow roots, very short stems, and sometimes leavs <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> l During their second year these plants grow new stems and leaves and then produce flowers and seeds (ounce the flower produces seeds the plant dies). <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 4.32pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> l Spring and fall blooming biennials prefer cooler weather. **Flowering kale** is a foliage plant with colorful leaves of purple, red, white and green. **Pansies** and **Johnny-jump-ups** are traditional cool weather biennials with flowers in combinations of purple, pink, red, yellow and white. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Some biennials stop blooming when temperatures get too high in the summer, such **as stately foxgloves** which have blooms of purple, pink or white. **Sweet Williams** with tiny pink flowers, and **Queen Anne's lace** with delicate white flowers, also slow <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">__**viola**__

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">__** **Perennials** **__

=<span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> = <span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> l ** Flowering plants that live for more than 2 years are ** <span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">** known as __ perennials. __**

<span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">** l Perennials usually live through many many years. **

<span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">** l Some perennials such as peonies, asparagus, and ** <span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">** other grasses have herb stems that die each winter. **

<span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">** l These herb cells are replaced again during spring. ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; display: inline !important; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 4.32pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 4.32pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">** l Palm trees, sage bush, maple trees, and honey suckle are examples of woody perennials. ** <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 4.32pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">** l Most perennials have what some people call a limiting flowering period which means that they only obtain flowers for so long. ** <span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4.32pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">sage bush