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What Are Annuals and Perennials?

Annuals complete their life cycle in one growing
season. Seed germinates in the spring, the plant grows,
flowers, produces seed and then dies.

Perennials live for more than one growing season. There
are two types of perennials. Herbaceous perennials
generally die to the ground at the end of the growing season
but send up new shoots the following spring. Woody
perennials, such as trees and shrubs, do not die back to the
ground but get larger each year.

Credit for information from the following sources: Denver Botanic Gardens, MSU Extension Office, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension