Q. I’ve always understood that plants referred to as perennials died down to the ground for the winter. Then, recently, I heard someone speaking about “evergreen” perennials. What kind of plants are ...

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Dear Helen: I heard someone speaking recently about “evergreen” perennials. What is that? I understood that plants referred to as perennial died down to the ground for the winter. I’m a novice ...

Once upon a time when the central-Pennsylvania landscape was routinely snow-covered all winter long, about the only thing green sticking out above the sea of white were evergreen shrubs and trees. But ...

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When the term evergreen plants is used, most people think of pines, but there are others types of evergreen plants. Pine ...