Amateur Gardening

Guide to hardy plants

ARDY plants, or to give them their full title, hardy herbaceous perennials, are plants that have predominantly soft, rather than woody, growth and are hardy enough to be grown outdoors winter and summer in most parts of the country. A few are evergreen, but most die down in winter.

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