Annuals and perennials with colorful, attractive flowers and
foliage are the backbone of our flowerbeds. It's most common for
gardeners to use annuals, as they are relatively easy to grow
and are a great way to successfully create attractive flower
gardens. However, perennials should be used more often by
gardeners, as they offer exciting challenges and great fun.
February is a good time to transplant or divide perennials
already in your landscape, and now through April is an excellent
time to plant new perennials. Perennials are plants that live
for three or more years. Unlike annuals and biennials,
perennials do not die after flowering and setting seeds.
Technically, trees and shrubs are perennials. But gardeners use
the term perennial as an abbreviation for "hardy, herbaceous
perennial": a group of non-woody plants that reliably survive
winter cold and are grown for their attractive flowers or
foliage. Some perennials are evergreen and never go completely
dormant, while others lose their leaves and essenti