Does a perennial plant die back in the winter and come back in the spring year after year?

Answer 1

Yes. Perennials die down in winter and return in spring.

A mnemonic device to use is:
*PER*ennials return *PER* year.
*A*nnuals last only *A* year.

However, some annuals reseed themselves so they often are mistaked as perennials.

It also depends on what zone you live in as some perennials may get killed off by the winter in your area because it was too cold for them.

Answer 2

Most perennial's die in the fall and depending on the winter and the age of the plant most of them come back up in the spring but some perennial's do not have a long life like lupines.I always by a plant and then come home and look it up on net to see what they say about it like if there are diseases that it gets or bugs to look up-sorry I kinda got off course here-but I live in Montana and we have just got through a real cold spell and I have plants out side that are still green so it really depends on the plant and as for the annuals I do have some annuals that come back year after year some of them come back from the main plant but alot of them come back from the seeds that died in the fall like pansys and Marigolds.

Answer 3

some, but some never die back at all. Annuals on the other hand only survive in some areas for one season then die... in a very tropical locale... what we consider annuals in most of the U.S. can be perennial..

Answer 4

Yes...an annual plant, when it dies at the end of the year, it's done...perennial plants come back every year.

Answer 5

yes, but there are also biennials which r everyother yr. sometimes a hard winter can take a toll on perennials if they r hardy plants they will b ok

Answer 6

yes.....and there are also annuals (only live one year) and biennials (grow foliage the first year and then bloom the next ie. foxglove, some delphinium and some hollyhock)....also, in some zones, annuals will grow as perennials because they do not get the cold weather.

Answer 7

It depends on what the plant is. MOST have to be replanted, depending on what the nursery or growing card said about the plant when you got it and the area where it is grown (ie: a normally shady place, normally sunny area, and state). Some states, as you know, have different climates. What will do well in one won't do well in another because of the weather in the state. Some of your most hardy plants--there is a hedge (I wish I could remember what type we had--I live in Texas--that stayed green most of the time (not an evergreen). It lasted from the time we moved to this house in '66 till the winter of '83 or '89--both winters were bad here. Sorry about the yr. lapse on that. My point--see how long IT lasted?

Answer 8

Yes. Annuals are one season only plants.

Answer 9

1. yes, most of them will come back
2. some of them might die because of serious disease, froze bite
3. some of them need replant, such as some bulbs, you need to dig them out and replant later

Answer 10

yes