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Posted: May/21/2009 6:39 PM PST
Hi Everyone! I know we have annuals and perennials, but there has to be a category for plants that do not die in winter and flower all year round more than one time? I am just beginning gardening so if this sounds silly please forgive me.  I know about "evergreens" but I am specifically talking about small flowering plants that I have seen planted here in the winter time with flowers still? I live in Zone 8B and we don't get snow (maybe every 10-15 years)but we do get morning frost and days in the 40's. I have seen some small plants with flowers SURVIVE an evening of frost and still had blooms planted around the neighborhood. What do they call them if they are not annuals or perennials ???? Please help my confused mind!  Thanks, Halime |
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Posted: May/21/2009 7:29 PM PST
I would just call them perennials. A lot of plants that are considered annuals further north of 8B are perennials in our area. Sometimes, we don't even know it. In mild winters, if planted with protection, annuals survive all year. Probably what you see are hardy annuals, or just perennials. ( do I make any sense?) |
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Posted: May/22/2009 5:35 AM PST
Yes, you make sense~! Thanks Carolyn 
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Posted: Nov/09/2010 1:10 PM PST
what you need to remember there are annuals and perennials that can survive a few months of "stay close to the fire" weather. also from what ive learned is that unless the seed needs to be awakend( grape,peach, pecan, walnut etc)colder climate zoned plants can also flourish in warmer mor tropical climates which means NYC Boston Pittsburg etc can grow in tx ga and fl but as far as just needing a word for herbaceous cold hardy plants i would call them exactly that also you can go to dictionary.com or thesarus.com(sister sites linked together) and look up a definition |
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Posted: Dec/11/2010 9:48 PM PST
Just ran into my old post from last year. lol. Those flowering plants I saw that survive the frosts down here without losing their flowers were PANSIES. They are planted every winter here near the Capital. |
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Posted: Jan/18/2011 11:07 AM PST
well of course we need some better answers, yet perennials seem like much appropriate one
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