Annual vs Perennial Plants

How are annual and perennial plants related?

By exploring the appearance of the pollen of three species, snapdragon, basil, and tiger lily, we will investigate their relationships.


Annual vs Perennial Plants
Similarly to its name, annual plants perform their full life cycle of seed to flower and back to seed in just a single season. At the end of the season all the leaves, flowers and root systems die which leaves only a dormant seed. Annuals can be grown from either a seedling or even seeds themselves and will sprout, flower, seed, and die all in the same year. They tend to bloom all season long and produce flowers that have very bright and vivid colors. There are some species that "self seed" which will allow new plants to grow the next year without having to be manually planted. On the other hand, Perennial plants live for at least three seasons and can be planted from a choice of existing young plants, bulbs, or seeds. Generally, perennials have a shorter blooming period than that of annuals. After its blooming season, the top portion of the plant will die but the root system will remain, which is what the plant will grow from the following spring.

1 comment:

  1. "similarly to its name" is not good grammar. It should say "Similar to its name". Go to English class you illiterate scum @michael

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