perennial - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • divide: Now is the time to divide those perennials which might be getting a little too large for their space.
  • grow: Week 2 General Put plant supports over tall growing perennials.
  • plant: To get the best effect, always aim to plant perennials in groups to make the most impact.

Adjective modifier

  • herbaceous: Describe herbaceous perennials suitable to cut flower growing in a specific locality.
  • half-hardy: April: base stem cuttings from border and half-hardy perennials.
  • hardy: Small plants & hardy perennials, many bulbs & ferns, hardy orchids & dwarf trees & shrubs.
  • rhizomatous: All the species are hardy, semi-evergreen to evergreen clump-forming rhizomatous perennials retaining their leaves throughout the winter.
  • flowering: FEATURES It's the low growing shrubs or flowering perennials which provide most of the obvious colorful flowers in a garden.
  • evergreen: All the species are hardy, semi-evergreen to evergreen clump-forming rhizomatous perennials retaining their leaves throughout the winter.

Modifies a noun

  • ryegrass: Grazing Area Grazing swards were found to contain nearly ninety four percent perennial ryegrass.
  • rhinitis: This causes the symptoms of hay fever or perennial rhinitis to appear.
  • weed: Below is a list of common perennial grass weeds.
  • herb: The Herb Garden Advice on when to plant and harvest annual, biennial and perennial herbs.. .
  • sow-thistle: Management: Perennial sow-thistle is susceptible to repeated tillage in the early part of the growing season.
  • rye-grass: We are studying the effect of age and hardening on resistance to M. nivale in perennial rye-grass.

Used with adjective complement

  • creep: Ginger, which is used in a vast array of sweet and savory dishes around the world, is a tender, creeping perennial.

Noun used with modifier

  • tender: These can be filled with summer bulbs, tender perennials or annuals.
  • border: Dividing border perennials The centers of many plants which form congested large clumps eventually exhaust the soil.

Preposition: with

  • flower: Wood Cranesbill is a downy perennial with attractive purple flowers.
  • leave: It is a quick growing, rather tender perennial with large exotic leaves.

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