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Perennials

A perennial plant or perennial (Latin per, "through", annus, "year") is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to winter hardy perennial herbaceous plants. Scientifically, woody plants like shrubs and trees are also perennial in their habit.

Perennials, especially small flowering plants, grow and bloom over the spring and summer and then die back every autumn and winter, then return in the spring from their root-stock rather than seeding themselves as an annual plant does. These are known as herbaceous perennials. However, depending on the rigors of local climate, a plant that is a perennial in its native habitat, or in a milder garden, may be treated by a gardener as an annual and planted out every year, from seed, from cuttings or from divisions.

Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'

Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'

Adam's Needle

Yucca 'Color Guard' is sure to serve your garden well for four seasons. Sun-loving, drought tolerant, cold tolerant and deer resistant; what more could you ask for? The yellow center stripe becomes creamy gold in the summer and a light pink in winter.

In June 'Color Guard' will send up white flowers that will attract hummingbirds. 'Color Guard' looks stunning in a mixed bed or on it's own in a container. Especially nice when backlit.

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