Which category includes plants that live three or more years and can flower multiple times?

• A. Perennials.
• B. Annuals.
• C. Biennials.
• D. Winter annuals.

Answer: (A)

Plants that live three or more years and can flower multiple times are perennials. Perennials persist across multiple growing seasons, often regrowing from the same root system or underground structures after dormancy, and many will produce flowers in more than one year. In contrast, annuals complete their entire life cycle in one growing season and die after setting seed, so they don’t come back year after year. Biennials live for two years, typically growing first year and flowering in the second before dying. Winter annuals are still annuals; they germinate in fall and complete their life cycle by spring, so they also don’t persist for multiple years.