{"id":3929,"date":"2023-10-09T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:57:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:57:19","slug":"what-is-a-perennial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/what-is-a-perennial\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Perennial?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"827219ce0a87fa193c09e84c4c9a0f12\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:20px 0 20px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MOINSBD Link Top -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4387862990858706\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6762903103\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the simplest terms, a\u00a0<strong>perennial<\/strong>\u00a0is a plant that lives for at least 3 or more years.\u00a0 We usually use this term to describe herbaceous perennials when talking about gardens.\u00a0 Trees and shrubs last for many years too of course, but these are woody plants.\u00a0 The life span of a perennial varies quite a bit, depending on climate, soil conditions, insects or diseases and the particular plant in question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annuals<\/strong>\u00a0are plants that complete their life cycle within one year.\u00a0 Examples: marigolds, petunias, impatiens and zinnias.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/petunia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lupinus-Woodfield-mix-wm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lupinus-Woodfield-mix-wm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lupinus-Woodfield-mix-wm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lupinus-Woodfield-mix-wm.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> Biennials\u00a0<\/strong>are plants that usually need two years to bloom, set seed and die.\u00a0 Sometimes they get mixed up and take one year or even three years to complete this cycle.\u00a0 Examples: sweet william, forget-me-not, foxglove, lupines and canterbury bells.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the simplest terms, a\u00a0perennial\u00a0is a plant that lives for at least 3 or more years.\u00a0 We usually use this term to describe herbaceous perennials when talking about gardens.\u00a0 Trees and shrubs last for many years too of course, but these are woody plants.\u00a0 The life span of a perennial varies quite a bit, depending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perennials-101"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3929"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3947,"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions\/3947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perennials.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}