Iranian Flower And Plant

The word perennial has been derived from the Latin word per and annus which means through and year, respectively. And true to its name, perennial flowers live for two to three seasons, and need periodic replacement to bloom successively every season. Perennial garden flowers bloom in spring and summer, then die, only to grow and bloom again. Some perennial flowers bloom in winter and lay dormant in spring and summers. Perennials usually spring back to life through their root stock rather than their seeds. Perennials include in their spectrum a wide variety of flowering and non-flowering plants, and sometimes depending on the environmental and climatic factors perennials, annuals and biennials can interchange their growing and blooming patterns. But then a good gardener knows his/her plants better. There are basically two types of perennials:

* Herbaceous Perennials: Perennials whose stems seem as if they die each winter, and spring back to life each spring.
* Woody Perennials: Perennials whose stems live through the winter, and continue to grow in size and bloom each year for a certain number of years. Read more on perennial flower identification.

Perennial Flowers for Shade
Most perennial flowers thrive in partial or full shade, but they still do need some light, as warmth will spring the plant back to life and make their colors come true. By shade it is meant a minimum four to five hours of light, diffused or partial sun, never full. Most shade loving perennials flowers and plants do not do well with direct sun. Following is a list of perennial flowers for shade:

* Hardy Begonia
* Bleeding Heart (Dicentra)
* Astilbe
* Anemone
* Iris Cristata
* Common primrose
* Arum
* Foxglove
* Bigleaf Ligularia
* Chinese ground orchid
* Lungwort Read the rest of this entry »