What is the different between annual flowers and perennial?

Answer 1

Hello Annie
Annuals have to be replanted every year though some will self seed that is their seeds will drop on the ground and produce new plants the next year. Perennials last year after year. I know you have an answer that says just the opposite of this so I'll put a link or 2 in the sources section so you can check for yourself which is accurate.

Answer 2

Think of it like annuals, you have to re-plant "annually". Perennials last many seasons. However lol a perennial plant that is zoned for hardiness zone 7 will not survive in harsher hardiness zones such as zone 4. So that same plant is only an annual in zone 4. ha ha confused yet?? The plants most often come marked with there hardiness zone on there plant tag. Find out what zone you are in and buy the appropriate plants. Niagara area is zoned 3. The higher the zoning number the less likely the plant will survive the winters where you are. You will likely get away with planting some things from zone 4 but make sure they are planted in sheltered areas. Any higher that a #4 should be considered annuals in your area.

Answer 3

Annum is the Latin word for year,so the plant that flowers & just lasts for that year is an annual,after this seasonal display the plant dries & withers away .That you may see the same the next season is a different matter,these have arisen from seeds that have fallen off mature seed heads,it is the same as if you had sown it all over again.A perennial on the other hand is basically the original plant flowering again,during this time the plant or clump may grown in size as well as spread,making it easy to propogate or grown other plants from this clump by division if you so want,but can also be left undisturbed.

Answer 4

Annuals have a long bloom season and then they die out. They are good for filling things. Containers or young perennial beds while you wait for the perennials (Plants that bloom year after year) to grow into bigger clumps.The perennials usually bloom in a specific season. The annuals often go until the frosts arrive, especially if you deadhead them. That means cutting off the spent blossoms.

Answer 5

Annual last one season, perennial come back year after year.
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Answer 6

Annuals only bloom for one season and then die. Perennials come back year after year.

Answer 7

Annuals don't come back, perennials do.

Answer 8

Annuals have to be planted new each year. They won't come back on their own. A lot of them do self seed though.
Perennials come back every year. They can get take over your flowerbed at times - it makes weeding in the early spring trickier, because you have to be careful you don't pull them by mistake.