What is an evergreen perennial?

The word ‘evergreen’ is self-explanatory. They’re the plants that have leaves all year round. … This gazania (pictured) is an evergreen perennial – often grown as an annual. Deciduous plants. Deciduous plants look bare in winter, put out new leaves every spring and then drop them in autumn.

• Bergenia ‘Harzkristall’ Bergenia ‘Harzkristall’ is a compact, evergreen variety with smaller leaves than are typically found on bergenias. …
• Dianthus ‘Memories’ …
• Erysimum ‘Bowles’s Mauve’ …
• Helleborus ‘Wintergold’ …
• Heuchera ‘Marmalade’ …
• Heucherella ‘Tapestry’

Coneflower. Not many perennials have won over gardeners and nature lovers the way coneflowers have. Easy to grow and available in lots of colors and sizes, they’re a delight year-round, with summer and fall flowers—in purple, orange, red, white and green—on 2- to 5-foot-tall stems, and seedpods for winter interest.

Perennial plants are most commonly herbaceous (plants that have leaves and stems that die to the ground at the end of the growing season and which show only primary growth) or woody (plants with persistent above grounds stems that survive from one growing season to the next, with primary and secondary growth, or growth …

Evergreen perennials keep their leaves throughout the winter, unlike herbaceous perennials that die back to the ground in cold weather. Evergreen perennials are available in many different plant types.

As adjectives the difference between perennial and evergreen is that perennial is lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time while evergreen is of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.

BOXWOOD (Buxus spp. Probably the best evergreen for shaping and pruning, which is why they are often the gardener’s choice for creating formal hedges, borders, and even topiaries. Sprinter® (pictured) is a fast grower that will fill in more quickly than other varieties. Learn more about growing boxwoods.

“Heath” is not only a genus (Erica) but also a family. Erica, Rhododendron, Kalmia, and Pieris all belong to this great family of evergreen flowering plants. But compared to the other three, the leaves of Erica are quite needle-like. The heath family loves acidic soil.

Examples of evergreen perennials include Begonia and banana. Examples of deciduous perennials include goldenrod and mint. Examples of monocarpic perennials include Agave and some species of Streptocarpus. Examples of woody perennials include maple, pine, and apple trees.

• Heart-shaped, purple leaves of the redbud.
• Masses of fiery-coloured ‘Red Sentinel’ crab apples.
• White, star-shaped flowers of snowy mespilus.
• Small, white flowers and blood red berries of ‘Dart’s Red Robin’ viburnum.
• White, bell-shaped flowers on a blueberry bush.
• White hydrangea blooms.

Most evergreens are plants that stay green all year, but all plants lose some of their older foliage each year and colors may fade, brighten or change with the seasons. Evergreen shrubs have either broad leaves or narrow leaves.

For reliable color year after year, look for perennial flowers. These plants come back in spring, growing bigger and better with each succeeding season. If you want color all season, plant a mixture of spring-, summer-, and fall-flowering perennials. Here are the characteristics of annual plants.

• Hostas (partial to full shade)
• Shasta Daisy (full sun preferred)
• Coreopsis (full sun preferred)
• Black-eyed Susans (full sun preferred)
• Clematis (full to partial sun)
• Daylily (full to partial shade)
• Peony (full to partial sun)
• Dianthus (at least 6 hours of sun)

For starters, Evergreen Trees have foliage year-round. The term evergreen means that trees will keep growing leaves as other leaves fall off.

The lifespan, bloom time, culture and form of perennial plants varies greatly. Some species, such as lupines and delphinium, are so called “short-lived” perennials, with a lifespan of just three or four years. Others may live as long as fifteen years, or even, in the case of peonies, a lifetime.