perennials

REBECCA L. JORDI/Nassau County Extension -- Perennial plumbago provides beautiful blue blooms all year.

by MARY CHUDZYNSKI

A perennial plant is a plant that lives for more than two years. Perennials, especially small flowering plants, grow and bloom over the spring and summer. They usually die back in late autumn or winter. In the spring, they return from their root rather than seeding themselves as an annual plant. In Florida, many perennials flower until winter’s cold begins.