An annual plant is a plant that completes its entire life cycle—from seed to flower to new seed, then death—within a single growing season or year.

Quick Scoop 🌱

  • An annual plant sprouts from a seed, grows leaves and stems, produces flowers, sets seed, and then dies, all in one season.
  • After it dies, it does not grow back from the same roots the next year; if you want it again, you grow new plants from its seeds or buy new ones.
  • Many common garden flowers (like marigolds and zinnias) and vegetables (like many lettuces and beans) are annuals.

In simple terms: an annual plant is a “one-season life” plant—amazing for quick color or harvest, but you replant it each year.

TL;DR: When you see “annual plant,” think “lives, blooms, sets seed, and is done in one season; needs replanting next year.”

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