Annuals complete their life cycle in a year.
Many plants are treated as annuals even though they are not actually annuals because they aren't necessarily hardy for your area or gardening zone. Many garden centers will often sell plants that may be perennials somewhere else (but not where you live) as annuals because they will not survive the winter.
Many annuals are terrific reseeders though and you will find little ones sprouting the next year.
Perennials have a life cycle of over a year,
whereas bi-annuals have a two year life cycle.
Most perennials will take about three years to get fully established in your gardens, but are well worth the effort. The rule of thumb is that perennials sleep the first year, creep the second year and leap the third year.
Perennials do produce seeds as well, or can be divided to produce more plants also.
Annuals are great plantings around perennials while they are getting established or for instant color in a spot. If you have the right balance, you can have color in your garden all season long with both annuals and perennials.
Also, not all perennials go dormant as mentioned above. There are many perennials that remain green, or called evergreens. Those that do die back to the ground are called herbacious.
2007-08-05 09:07:56
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answered by TexasWildFlower 2
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Annuals live for only one year.
Biennial lives for two years.
Perennials return every year.
Biannual means twice in one year.
Of course nearly everyone here got that correct, so I'm curious who gave everyone a thumbs down...how rude. There is only one answerer here who even deserves it.
What a funny way to remember that Jenlyn :)
2007-08-05 17:10:45
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answered by Sptfyr 7
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Annuals you plant every spring, they bloom, go to seed and die with the first frost.
Perennials you plant once, they bloom, go to seed and go dormant over the winter and come up again the following spring to start over again.
2007-08-05 15:49:51
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answered by Mawia 7
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Ok, here is the easy answer, wait a minute, I am getting sleepy, think I will take a nap. I'll get back to you later.
2007-08-05 20:48:47
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answered by renpen 7
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annual only lives a year. it then drops seeds to grow next year
perennial goes to sleep in the winter then the same plant grows leaves etc next year
2007-08-05 15:49:29
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answered by XT rider 7
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ANnuals- Pain in the "AN"us. must replant each year
PERennials- PERfect plant once, and they keep comming back, no more trips to home depot , no more digging replanting and sweat
2007-08-05 15:54:41
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answered by nonacimsi 2
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Annual means every year and perennials mean my p.e.n.i.s. in your mouth
2007-08-05 15:53:55
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answered by John Joseph III of Bavaria 1
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