Scovone Star Magazine 2013-2014 | Page 8

• Sunlight plain flower; these plants have a short growing season • Water • Nutrients Biannual plants either tiny small or gigantic big lives from the day that they are born to two full growing seasons. They require two growing seasons only. They used the word “Biannual” as in bi cycle. Bi means two so biannual means two growing seasons. • Minerals • Carbon dioxide togather they make glucose in other words sugar. The sugar is the plants food! TYPES OF TREES/PLANTS There are different amounts for how long a plant can live. Not all plants live for the same amount of time. It depends on what kind of plant it is and how it is treated. A plant can die quicker if it doesn’t get enough of sunlight or water. If you don’t give your plant enough of water, it can die quicker even though it was meant to live longer. There is a lot of interesting and amazing things to learn about plants. But there are still a lot of similarities and differences between plants and animals. Botany is a very interesting subject to study. “ My love for plants, my desire to learn more about them, and the realization that I really enjoy teaching others about the wonders of the plant world is starting to grow a little too much,” Said Nishanta Rajakaruna,man who is a botanist and a professor. The desire to learn about plants and the love for plants are starting to grow more on everyone these days. Plants and animals are the key to the world! Perennial plant, either colorful or plain green live from the day they are born to at least three growing seasons. These plants can live for more than three years but the minimum is three. These plants can live for over 100 years!!!! All the names for the amount in how long a plant can live are: Annual plants require one growing season. That means that an annual plant lives from the day they are born to the next growing season. No matter if it’s a pretty flower or just a normal 8 ers This is a picture of biannual flow Annual (1 growing season) Biannual (2 growing seasons) Perennial (at least 3 growing seasons) Plants & Animals