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This category lists annual flowering plants, whose normal life-cycle is completed within a single growing season. It may also include perennials which are frequently cultivated as annuals for reasons of climate or aesthetics.
The plants listed may be ornamental, medicinal, and/or edible. Several of them bear edible fruit. Plants are selectively bred for phenotypic traits (such as flower colour) and other hereditary traits. When developing a new variety, a plant breeder might value such characteristics as appearance, disease resistance, and hardiness.
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
Life forms: (1) Phanerophyte, (2; 3) Chamaephyte, (4) Hemicryptophyte, (5; 6) Geophyte, (7) Helophyte, (8; 9) Hydrophyte. Therophyte and epiphyte are not shown. The Raunkiær system is a system for categorizing plants using life-form categories, devised by Danish botanist Christen C. Raunkiær and later extended by various authors.
A Abelia Abeliophyllum (white forsythia) Abelmoschus (okra) Abies (fir) Abroma Abromeitiella (obsolete) Abronia (sand verbena) Abrus Abutilon Acacia (wattle) Acaena Acalypha Acanthaceae Acanthodium Acantholimon Acanthopale Acanthophoenix Acanthus Acca Acer (maple) Achariaceae Achillea (yarrow) Achimenantha (hybrid genus) Achimenes Acinos (calamint) Aciphylla Acmena Acoelorraphe (saw palm ...
For example, daylilies are perennials, but petunias are annuals. While it's a personal preference whether you grow one or the other in your garden, landscape designer Kat Aul Cervoni of Staghorn ...
It only takes two simple steps to use the iPhone Visual Lookups tool. Snap a photo of the plant you're trying to identify. Navigate to that picture in your Photos app and swipe up.
Gardening books encompass a variety of subjects from garden design, vegetable gardens, perennial gardens, to shade gardens. Every plant genus or category of plants may also be covered including roses, clematis, bulbs, hellebores, and hydrangeas. The Internet has expanded and enhanced the availability of gardening resources.