annuals

All the rest of this day was spent in transplanting Asters from boxes into the beds all over the garden, edging nearly every bed with them, so that when the fleeting glory of Poppies and other earlier annuals is gone there will still be beautiful color to gladden our eyes late in the summer, quite into the autumn days.

An Island Garden 1894

Some plants are described as annuals, some as perennials and others as biennials.

Turned Off By Gardening? It's a Conspiracy 2010

Assuming, of course, that the villains of that story didn't turn up in other Lion annuals, which is a possibility.

Lion Annual (1958) Adam Roberts 2010

My perennials are perennially frustrating, and my annuals are a semiannual disappointment.

The Town Chuck Hogan 2004

The snow slide is the greatest of all dangers in this region, I have seen as many as five all at one time, some are known as annuals or old faithfulls, others are known as untimely, and treacherous. many an

Black Beaver The Trapper George Edward Lewis

In the case of plants known as annuals, an entire life is projected and perfected within the short space of a few months.

Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various

Not only were they not "annuals," he decided, they were a hell of a lot more "human" than the so-called humans who'd kept him prisoner.

A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

When I lived in London for a short while in the mid-80s, I used to come across old comic book "annuals" at street markets.

Boing Boing 2007

Friends are "annuals" that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms.

The Ties That Bind...And Gag! Bombeck, Erma 1987

This is altogether an improvement on the original plan, since the slight coverings of silk or paper is scarcely safe out of the drawing-room or boudoir, and some of the contributions to the "annuals" entitle them to

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number Various