Perennials

A perennial plant or perennial (Latin per, "through", annus, "year") is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to winter hardy perennial herbaceous plants. Scientifically, woody plants like shrubs and trees are also perennial in their habit.

Perennials, especially small flowering plants, grow and bloom over the spring and summer and then die back every autumn and winter, then return in the spring from their root-stock rather than seeding themselves as an annual plant does. These are known as herbaceous perennials. However, depending on the rigors of local climate, a plant that is a perennial in its native habitat, or in a milder garden, may be treated by a gardener as an annual and planted out every year, from seed, from cuttings or from divisions.


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Botanical Name     Common Name
 
Achillea filipendulina 'Gold Plate'

Achillea filipendulina 'Gold Plate'

Common Name: Gold Plate Yarrow

Gold Plate Yarrow is a single clump-forming plant can produce a show all by itself. Fragrant, grayish green leaves on strong flower stems bear large golden, flat-topped flower clusters that attract butterflies. Excellent with dark blue Delphiniums ...


Agastache 'Blue Fortune'

Agastache 'Blue Fortune'

Creates mass of soft powder-blue flower spikes from July onwards, making it a magnet for butterflies and admiring visitors alike. Robust addition for sunny, dry borders. ...

Botanical Name     Common Name