if plants can age and if they can die of old age.

Question

I am wondering if plants can die of old age. I have never witnessed a plant just get grey and die, so do plants age and if so, how?

Trees and others obv get bigger, but I’m wondering if their existence has a built in limit, like mammals do.

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Answer 1

plants grow in cycles, they like to thrive during the long spring/summer days and will become dormant or die during the shorter winter/fall days. annuals are good for 1 season, planted early spring, die around winter. perennials will last multiple seasons but you generally aren’t getting flowers or fruit during the winter months.