What are the meanings
Tracysshed
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To anyone that could help I have brought flowering seeds today and I'm just getting confused with what comes back what doesn't please could some kind gardener tell me so I can write it down.starting with hardy perennial,half hardy annual,half hardy perennial,hardy biennial.thank you flowers are a new thing I've been into I mostly plant veg .
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Hardy perennial-comes up every year -does not need protection-some live longer that others
Half-hardy perennial-does need protection but will grow year after year-like pelargonium ,some fuschias-lots of others
Half-hardy annual -seed to flower then seed in one season-not frost-tolerant-most bedding plants -petunias etc
Hardy Annual-similar but can tolerate some frost
Hardy Biennial-from seed to flower takes a year-wallflowers, Sweet Williams. etc
Hardy means it can survive our winters
Half hardy means it might survive in mild areas
Annuals germinate, flower and seed in one season. hardy annuals can survive the winter, half hardy ones only a very mild winter
biennials germinate one year, overwinter as a small plant then flower and seed the next year
perennials have a long life. they can be hardy (survive in our climate), half hardy (survive if you're lucky and it's a mild winter) or tender (dead at the first frost)
In the sticks near Peterborough
You'll soon get used to it Tracy.
In the sticks near Peterborough