Annual or Perennial? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Perennial

Lavender grows in an herb bed as a fairly hearty plant. Extremely fragrant, it grows in shoots and shrubs and has a distinct purple colour. Well known for growing in France and for being a perfume scent, lavender can grow in many spots around the world but thrives in much warmer climates than most.

Many types of lavender resist drought, so even if you're having trouble tending to it, it's probably formidable enough to keep itself tended to.

Answer: Annual

While geraniums could be considered a perennial if grown in the proper location, they are, by and large, annual flowers, dying off in colder climates and not coming back. A delicate, colourful flower, the geranium can be placed into a flowerbed to provide colour through warmer months; the warmer, the better.

Not to mention, geraniums are hard to screw up. Provided they aren't overwatered, they should stand up well in any temperate garden.

Answer: Annual

There is no such thing as a perennial begonia; this plant is a hardy annual, meaning that its seeds can survive the winter if planted before the cold hits, and then it can blossom in the spring before dying the proceeding winter. This makes begonias good choices for indoor gardening. Maintaining a begonia is easier year-round when your plants can have controlled temperatures. Unlike most garden plants, begonias are known for their leafy sepals, though they do flower in beautiful colours if tended carefully.

Answer: Perennial

Hardy perennials, daylilies are one of those flowers with countless variants, all of which can thrive in different types of gardens depending on your soil, climate, and attentiveness to gardening. Colourful flowers, these ones are often considered the exemplar of perennial growing since they have a tendency to grow together in shoots if left to their own whims; your garden can be overwhelmed over time if grown too close together.

Answer: Perennial

Lemon balm is an aromatic herb from the mint family, and as such it's a perennial plant. Much like other mint plants, this one can grow like mad in an untended garden, partly because when its small flowers blossom, they can spread their seeds relatively quickly.

They grow pretty much anywhere with dirt and sun. Most people use lemon balm in teas, but they can simply be used to encourage a healthy garden; they attract bees, which can come and pollenate your other plants.

Answer: Perennial

Wispy and white, baby's breath is more of a garden filler flower-- you wouldn't expect to plant a single baby's breath and let your garden grow. Because baby's breath flowers themselves are delicate and small, you'll end up growing thicker mounds of them in one go.

A perennial plant, it's also known as gypsophila and, in some form, can grow as fast and as thick as weeds. When tended to, it can look beautiful.

Answer: Annual

Zinnias are actually referred to as true annuals, dying off at the mere mention of cold. Long-stemmed flowers linked to the sunflower family, zinnias are colourful and varied, found mostly in the Americas. They grow quite well in the heat, often growing quite fast from small, scattered seeds.

They also tend to be attractive to butterflies. This is the wise choice for a colourful garden...so long as you don't expect that garden to come back of its own accord.

Answer: Perennial

Peonies are truly perennials. Exceptionally fragrant and colourful, these burst back into appropriate gardens quicker than others when the climate is right. Herbaceous plants, peonies can grow quite a bit, topping off several feet tall if you're letting them run free, blossoming on large bushes instead of as single flowers.

These flowers can be planted once, and then never need to be planted again for decades.

Answer: Annual

Marigolds are truly annual flowers, typically planted in spring or early summer and dying out before winter. Part of the tagetes genus, the marigold is a vibrant flower with many petals, and while delicate, is used for many ceremonial purposes around the world, often lending itself to well-known cultural practices in Mexico and India (to name a few spots).

These flowers do not grow or sustain themselves in the cold, dying off completely in a snap, so the replanting and reseeding implies that it's an annual flower.

Answer: Annual

Yeah...not the ideal garden plant, but it's still out there. Crabgrass is a summer annual, meaning that as soon as the cold hits, it dies out. Seeds spread the previous season need a chance to germinate early, which is why it comes back elsewhere if you don't take care of your lawn or garden, but with proper maintenance, this isn't something you need to keep seeing. Crabgrass is considered a weed; it's not a flowering plant.