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on the rigors of local climate, a plant that is a perennial in its native habitat, or in a milder garden, may be treated by a gardener as an annual and planted out every year, from seed, from cuttings or from divisions. tomato vines, for example, live several years in their natural tropical/subtropical
which retain a vestigial woody structure in winter, e.g. penstemon . the local climate may dictate whether plants are treated as shrubs or perennials. for instance, many varieties of fuchsia are shrubs in warm regions, but in colder temperate climates may be cut to the ground every year as a result...
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