Describes herbaceous plants that persist for more than two years, dying back each year to the same rootstock Lillies, phlox, hostas, and yarrow are all perennials Some plants are perennials, but will die if overwintered in northern climates; these are tender Those that can take cold winters are considered hardy
a plant lasting for three seasons or more recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant" lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness
A plant that lives and reproduces for several years; the stems and leaves may die each year, but portions close to or below the ground remain perennial
You use perennial to describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties. the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness = constant + perennially per·en·ni·al·ly Both services are perennially short of staff
A perennial plant lives for several years and has flowers each year. a perennial herb with greenish-yellow flowers. Perennial is also a noun. a low-growing perennial. a plant that lives for more than two years hardy perennial. Any plant that persists for several years, usually with new herbaceous growth from a part that survives from season to season. Trees and shrubs are perennial, as are some herbaceous flowers and vegetative ground covers. Perennials have only a limited flowering period, but with maintenance throughout the growing season, they provide a leafy presence and shape to the garden landscape. Popular flowering perennials include bellflowers, chrysanthemums, columbines, lockspurs, hollyhocks, phlox, pinks, poppies, and primroses. See also annual, biennial
A plant that grows for 3 or more years and usually flowers each year The vast majority of North Country plants are perennial From the Latin, perennis, "through;" and annus, "a year "
A plant that lives from year to year and typically involves many reproductive cycles By definition, for three seasons or more From the Latin word perennis, "through the year"