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If you’re looking for flowers that will come back every year, you’re in luck! There are plenty of options to choose from. In this blog post, we’ll share some of our favorite flowers that come back year after year.
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Perennials
Perennials are flowers that come back every year. They are easy to care for and don’t require as much work as annuals. Perennials can provide color and interest in your garden for many years with little effort on your part.
Definition of a Perennial
A perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from an annual or biennial. An annual is a plant that completes its life cycle—from germination to the production of seeds—within one growing season and then dies, while a biennial requires two growing seasons to complete its life cycle.
List of Perennials
Perennials are plants that live for more than two years. Most perennials bloom for only a few weeks each year, but those weeks can be some of the most exciting and colorful of the gardening season.
There are thousands of different varieties of perennials, so it can be tough to choose which ones to add to your garden. To help you out, we’ve put together a list of our favorite perennial flowers that will come back year after year, giving you color and beauty that lasts.
Achillea
Aconitum
Actaea
Agapanthus
Alcea
Allium
Alstroemeria
Anemone
Angelica
Antennaria
Aquilegia
Aruncus
Astilbe
Baptisia
Bergenia Bletilla striata
Annuals
Annual flowers are one of the easiest and most rewarding types of flowers to grow. They are easy because they don’t require much care and they are rewarding because they come back every year. Some annual flowers are even known to self-seed, meaning they will come back even if you don’t plant them.
Definition of an Annual
An annual is a plant that lives for only one growing season. They usually grow, flower, produce seed, and die in the same year. Many annuals are native to tropical regions and do not tolerate frost. They are often planted in gardens as temporary color. Some annuals self-seed (drop their own seeds) and come back the next year without any help from the gardener.
List of Annuals
The term “annual” refers to a plant that completes its entire life cycle—from germination to reproduction—within one growing season, then dies. All of the plant’s vegetative parts, including leaves, stems, and flowers, grow, mature, and flower within this short time frame. The majority of annual plants are native to tropical regions and require warm temperatures for proper growth. Many common garden plants, such as impatiens (Impatiens walleriana), petunias (Petunia hybrids), and marigolds (Tagetes spp.), are annuals.
There are two types of annual plants: winter annuals and summer annuals. Winter annuals germinate in late summer or early fall, grow through the winter months, then flower and produce seed in spring before dying. Summer annuals follow the same life cycle but in reverse: they germinate in spring, grow through the summer months, then flower and produce seed in fall before dying.
Biennials
Biennials are flowering plants that take two years to complete their life cycle. The first year they grow leaves, the second year they flower, set seed, and then die. Some well-known biennials include foxgloves, hollyhocks, and pansies.
Definition of a Biennial
A biennial is a plant that takes two years to complete its life cycle. The first year it grows leaves, the second year it blooms flowers and sets seed, and then it dies. Because most commercial crops are annuals (plants that complete their life cycle in one year or less), you may not be familiar with biennials. However, if you grow your own vegetables or flowers, you may have come across a few.
List of Biennials
There are many plants that are classed as biennials. This means that they take two years to complete their life cycle. In the first year, they grow leaves, and in the second year, they produce flowers and seeds, before dying. Some biennials only live for a single season (such as foxgloves), while others can last for several years (such as hollyhocks).
Here is a list of some of the most common biennial plants:
-Aconitum napellus (Monkshood)
-Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove)
-Hesperis matronalis (Sweet rocket)
-Lunaria annua (Honesty)
-Ranunculus acris (Meadow buttercup)
-Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant)
