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Gardening Tips Edible Flowers About Wild Flower Seeds Planting Instructions USDA Hardines Zones - http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ Annuals are flowers that typically live only one season. They germinate, grow and bloom and form seed all in one season. Annuals are typically quite colorful, grow quickly and bloom for several weeks before going to seed. Once seeds are formed and spread many will remain dormant and re-emerge the following year thus perpetuating themselves without having to be re-planted. The main disadvantage to this process is that you don't get to choose where the new plant will be! Most annuals are planted in the spring although some are frost hardy and can be planted in the fall. In more temperate climates many annuals will over winter and not actually die out. Tropical flowers such as zinnias, cosmos and marigolds usually bloom after the summer heat starts as they require warm if not hot conditions to get going. Cool weather annuals will bloom in early spring and die out in the heat, (Sweet Peas, Pansies, Chinese Forget Me Nots etc...). Many annuals make great cut flowers. Perennials are the work horses of the garden. All gardeners and all formal gardens have them and they form the basic design of flower beds. Perennial flowers bloom year after year from the same root system. Once planted they remain in location and come back every year. Some Perennials will re-seed themselves and spread. Most have fairly long lives although some do not. It typically takes a perennial plant 2 years to grow a root system mature enough to produce flowers. If you plant a perennial seed this year you will not see the flowers until the following season. Some perennials can be planted in the fall and almost all in the spring. Many can be started indoors in pots and then transplanted outdoors once the soil has warmed. Unlike annuals, perennials typically do not bloom all season and it requires some planning to insure that something is always in bloom but once you figure that out your garden is maintenance free....well almost, what would we all do without weeding????? Please let me know if I can help you further. Cheers! Andrea—Flower Art & Soul andrea@flowersoul.com

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