Talk:Perennial plant

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There seems to be unnecessary confusion between a perennial and a woody plant-- which is of course of a perennial character;

I suggest the following:

A perennial plant or perennial (Latin per, "through", annus, "year") is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used as a noun, this term applies specifically to herbaceous plants, even though shrubs and trees are perennial in their habit, needless to say. Depending on the rigors of local cimate, a plant that is a perennial in its native habitat, or in a milder garden, may be treated as an annual and planted out every year, from seed, from cuttings or from divisions.

Thus perennials, especially small flowering plants, grow and bloom over the spring and summer and then die back every winter, growing back in the spring from their root-stock rather than seeding themselves as an annual does. These are known as herbaceous perennials. -User:Wetman -````

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I removed the following paragraph, which is relevant to a discussion of hardiness, rather than perennials.

Just because a plant is classified as a perennial doesn't mean the one you've planted in your garden will come back next year, depending on its climate ("zone") hardiness. Zones are geographic areas of climate where conditions are favorable for particular types of plants. In North America, the farther north you live the lower your zone number will be. If you live in Zone 4, for example, plant flowers, trees and shrubs that are zoned number 4 or lower. Plants hardy to Zone 5 or higher probably will not reappear in the spring. Imc 17:58, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

"Herbaceous plant" should redirect to "herb", not to "perennial plant" (a plant can be herbaceous without being perennial); I tried to edit the redirect but I must have goofed as it doesn't seem to be working. MrDarwin 01:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] korn

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