Annuals
These types of garden plants complete their entire life cycle—from seed to flower to death—in just one single growing season
Unlike annuals, these plants come back and regrow year after year from their root systems or woody stems.
Perennials
These underground creatures feed on organic matter and leave behind nutrient-rich castings that fertilize the soil
earthworms
These striped buzzers pollinate flowers, and some can make honey
Bees
Going door to door asking for candy is called
Going trick or treating
This common garden chore involves pinching or cutting off old, dead flowers so the annual plant keeps making new blooms.
Dead heading (pruning is also acceptable)
perennials are known for their ability to return and grow back year after year from these underground parts.
The roots
This course and highly absorbent material comes from the ___________ of a coconut
husk
These large bugs look like they could karate chop other bugs or pray
Praying Mantis
This is a popular tri-colored triangle shaped halloween candy
Candy Corn
Annual flowers are typically planted during this warm season after the danger of freezing ice and cold has passed
The Spring
During this cold season, most perennial plants go dormant, looking dead above ground while their roots stay alive under the snow
Winter
This lightweight, white volcanic material looks like tiny Styrofoam balls and is added to soil mixes to improve drainage and aeration.
Perlite
This garden pest leaves a slimy trail
Slugs
This is an herb that vampires are rumored to despise
Garlic
This yellow-faced annual flower tracks the movement of the sun across the sky and produces edible seeds.
Sunflowers
This is the term for a perennial plant that keeps its green leaves and stays vibrant all through the winter instead of losing them.
Evergreen
These three letters on a fertilizer bag stand for the primary nutrients plants need: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium
N-P-K
These ugly brown and black bugs are named after a human body part and a hair piece
Earwigs
A pumpkin is a ____________
Fruit
Vegetable
Herb
Fruit!
Name annual 5 plants
*Hint* These can be flowers or vegetables you have to plant every year
Check with Christine or Kori :)
Name 5 perennial plants
*Hint* These can be flowers, shrubs or vegetables that come back every year without having to plant them in the spring*
Check with Christine or Kori
We mixed these 4 ingredients together and made soil. List the 4 thing.
Coco Coir
Perlite
Worm Castings
Vermiculite
These tiny green bugs suck the sap from the leaves of plants
Aphids
Turnips