PLANTS 101

Key Terms

Annual: Grow for one season then die off.

Perennial: Regrow every spring.

Evergreen: Keeps its foliage/leaves all year round (ex - trees, shrubs).

Deciduous: Loses its leaves in the winter but gets new leaves in the Spring.

Shrub: Can be evergreen or deciduous.

Tree: Can be evergreen or deciduous.

Grasses: Can be evergreen or perennial.

Groundcover: Stays low to the ground and spreads; can be evergreen or perennial.