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"April showers bring ________."
May flowers
What are the two types of flowers used as an example of flowers that live for only one year?
Sunflowers and petunias.
What do annual plants use their energy to do?
Make many seeds.
Corn
What is the word for a flower opening?
Bloom
Why do gardeners replant some plants every spring?
Because they live and die within one year.
What is the word used to describe flowers that live for only one year?
Annual
Why do perennials make fewer seeds than annuals?
They use their energy to stay alive.
Why do scientists want annuals to live longer?
It can help farmers grow more food. They would not need to replant it if it were perennial.
What is the word for the long, thin stick part of the plant that holds the flower up?
Stem
What are the three things that all plants need?
What is the word used to describe flowers that can survive for many years?
Perennials.
What can perennials do that annuals can't do?
They can repair themselves. They can grow new stems and leaves.
How are scientists trying to trick annuals into living longer?
By changing their DNA.
What is the word for a place that grows many, many plants for people to see?
Botanical Garden