annual plant
Dies after seeding
An annual plant completes its entire life cycle—germination, flowering, seed production, and death—within a single growing season.
Contrast with perennials, which live for multiple years, and biennials, which take two.
Many garden vegetables and flowers are annuals: tomatoes, marigolds, zinnias.
We replant the annuals every spring.
- short lifespanLimited time alive
- one and doneSingle unrepeated occurrence
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- flower bedPrepared soil for planting
- petuniaFunnel-shaped garden flower
germination · senescence · seed · seed packet · bolting · marigold · seed dispersal · herbaceous · sunflower · self-pollination · lettuce · crop rotation · life cycle · spinach · season · wheat · zinnia · tomato
- plant formstree, shrub, vine, herb, grass
- Yearlybirthday, anniversary, New Year, fiscal year, calendar year
persistence/permanence
annual plantperennial
Recurring each year
century plant · ancient tree · sequoia · bristlecone pine · oak tree