2006-09-10 04:50:41 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Mine all come back every year so i hope you want them.. they are a very pretty plant and easy to take care of .. I am planting everything in my garden that is preinial.. so i don't have to keep doing it every year.. just the weeding.
good luck
2006-09-10 05:18:48 · answer #1 · answered by Sandy F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sweet William Perennial
2016-11-08 05:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweet Williams Plant
2016-12-31 04:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by karachalia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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could anyone tell me if sweet Williams are annual or perennial ?
2015-08-06 15:57:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweet Williams are technically a biennial; that is, they they grow as a plant the first year and flower the 2nd year, then they die. Sweet Williams self-seed prolifically under the right conditions and can act as a perennial.
2006-09-10 09:20:49 · answer #5 · answered by Garfield 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They are biennials. Sort of like wallflowers and stock. You plant them this year and they remain in place untill next year when they flower. Then most people throw them away. Me...I leave the stock in place and have had several grow into little shrubs over several years, and I have one wallflower which is about 3ft tall which I kept to fill a spot. So sweet william may last longer than two years. It's up to you.
2006-09-10 05:00:20 · answer #6 · answered by Learner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perennials that are treated as annuals in most parts of the US.
From my book "Botanica":
"Dianthus barbatus (Sweet Williams);
A slow-growing, frost-hardy perennial usually treated as a biennial, sweet William self-sows readily and grows to a height of 18" and spread of 6". The crowded , flattened heads of fragrant flowers range from white through pinks to carmine and crimson-purple and are often zoned in two tones. They flower in late spring and early summer and are ideal for massed planting. The dwarf cultivars, about 4" tall, are usually treated as annuals. It has been crossed with Modern Pinks to produce a strain of hybrids, known as "Sweet Wivelsfield." Zones 4-10.
2006-09-10 04:56:29 · answer #7 · answered by swbiblio 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mums are at least a perennial. I have had them last for years by just trimming back after they finish blooming. They bloom in the fall. Enjoy the blooms then trim way back to the ground. During the year if you keep pinching off the new growth they will not get too tall and will once again bloom in the fall on shorter stems. Watch for pests on the new growth. Best of luck.
2016-03-14 01:20:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, checked my RHS Gardening Encyclopedia which says they are a type of Dianthus (pinks) and that they are biennial, which is a plant that flowers in the second season and dies after germination. Producing only stems, roots and leaves in the first season.
2006-09-10 04:54:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are biennials officially (plant one year to flower the next) but I have some in my garden that flower every year. Either they are confused or I am!
2006-09-11 03:33:01 · answer #10 · answered by Jackie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋