Flowering plants

What is a flowering plant?

Plants that produce flowers are called flowering plants. A flower is a special part of a plant that helps it make seeds. Flowers are often colorful and pretty. Most of the plants that we see around us produce flowers . Can you name some some flowering plants?

Some flowers are very large while others are very tiny. Look at the pictures below.

^{Mango flowers are very tiny. Each flower is about 6 millimeters across.} 

^{Sunflowers can be as large as 12 inches across.}

^{The corpse flower can be over 12 feet tall and 4 feet wide.}

^{Why do plants produce flowers?}

^{Flowers help plants reproduce. To reproduce means to make more of your own kind. When flowers are fertilized, they make seeds. These seeds can then grow into new plants. This is known as the life cycle of a flowering plant. Bean plants are flowering plants. Look at the life cycle of a bean plant below.} 

^{In the diagram above, an adult plant flowers and makes seeds. If the seed gets enough water, oxygen and warmth, it will start to grow. It grows a little root down into the soil and a little shoot above the soil. When a seed starts to grow, this is called germination. The seed grows into a very small plant called a seedling. Over time the seedling will grow into an adult plant. This adult plant will produce flowers and seeds, starting the cycle again.}