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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hydrangeas [/quote]

Hydrangea doesn’t belong to the perennials club.[/quote]

Huh? My hydrangeas are shrubs that get bigger every year. How is this not a perennial??[/quote]

It’s a shrub. [/quote]

Could you give us a decent link that indicates perennials can't be shrubs? Even just to a definition?

Or is this something like your own private language?[/quote]
I am not the poster from above, but shrubs don’t die back to the ground in the Fall. They have woody stems that remain. I think you could call them perennial shrubs but it’s a bit different from plants that shoot up all their new growth in the Spring.

I never would have pointed it out...but just wanted to explain![/quote]

Thank you for responding. Seriously.

But this is the definition of perennial:

[quote]Perennials are plants which are expected to live longer than two years. ... [b]Trees and shrubs are considered woody or non-herbaceous perennials.[/b] They may lose their leaves in winter but remain very much alive in their roots right up through their stems, branches, and buds. Perennial trees and shrubs would be considered woody.   
https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-a-perennial-flower-or-plant-1402789[/quote]

And these all consider hydrangeas to be perennials:
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Outdoors-Garden-Center...lowers-Perennials/N-5yc1vZc8ry
https://www.burpee.com/perennials/hydrangeas/
https://www.americanmeadows.com/perennials/hydrangea
https://gardenmadesimple.com/are-hydrangeas-annuals-or-perennials/
https://parkseed.com/hydrangea/c/hydrangea/
https://www.backyardgardenlover.com/sun-loving-perennials-that-bloom-all-summer/

I looked and did not find any gardening links that did not classify hydrangeas as perennials, nor did I find a definition of "perennial" that excluded shrubs or woody stems. Could anyone that argues agaisnt this provide some link to the contrary? Otherwise this is starting to sound like the DCUM poster who swore up and down that "wino" means "wine connoisseur."[/quote]

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