Stupid Newbie Question
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Posted: Sep/11/2007 7:02 PM PST
What is an Annual plant? What makes something Annual or Perennial. 
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Posted: Sep/11/2007 7:14 PM PST
Wow, somebody's asked a question that I think I can answer.  An annual is a flower or vegetable that comes up for only one year/season. A perennial comes up year after year. So perennials only have to be planted once, and they will come back every year after that, but annuals have to be replanted each year, if you want them back in your garden. Well.. that's my best explanation. 
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Posted: Sep/12/2007 4:46 PM PST
Thanks RonsGarden!
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Posted: Sep/15/2007 4:22 PM PST
And biennials show their stuff every 2 years.
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Posted: Sep/16/2007 7:05 PM PST
With it being only every two years, I'd say they STRUT their stuff every two years. |
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Posted: Oct/02/2007 9:40 AM PST
....and biennials can also be made to be perennials if you never allow them to set seeds 
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Posted: Oct/10/2007 9:18 AM PST
And some perennials insist on acting like annuals in the wrong hands! HAHA!! My Rule: If it lives, GREAT! If it don't...plant something else there! |
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Posted: Mar/26/2008 3:44 PM PST
but some types of annuals drop their seeds and you may see them come up the following year at some point....that is my luck anyways. |
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Posted: Apr/18/2008 7:09 AM PST
It all depends on the plant zone and the zone in which it is planted. An annual can be a perennial. It depends on the zone that it is native to. Most topic plants are considered annuals, but will flourish year after year. Given even a light frost, it is distain to the compost heap. If a perennial can only tolerate temperatures to say 10 degrees and are planted in a zone which the temperatures dip down to –10 degrees are planted as annuals. If there is a warm winter the plant may come back the next year |
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Posted: Apr/18/2008 8:50 AM PST
So you see, Billme, it wasn't such a stupid question after all. The stupidest thing about stupid questions is not asking them. Quote: Originally posted by RKayne My Rule: If it lives, GREAT! If it don't...plant something else there!Right on. |
