How Well Do You Know Your Garden?

Although most of the plants we grow in our vegetable gardens are harvested the same year they are planted, they are properly classified as biennials because they do not mature and flower until the second year. Others will continue to grow for years and are termed perennials.

Can you properly classify the following? Remember that the term “biennial” refers to flowering the second year, not when the vegetable is harvested.

Choose either a) Annual, b) Biennial, or c) Perennial for the following: