What plants are good for outside all year round?
Evergreen flowering perennials will keep their green foliage all year, long after the blooming season is over. Many herbs are particularly known for being great practical flowering plants with evergreen foliage, such as Lavender, Rosemary, and Salvia, among others. SEMI-EVERGREEN PERENNIALS (Penstemon and Phygelius) survive our winters better if they are not cut back in fall. They should be cut to just above the new growth in spring. EVERGREEN FERNS (Sword Fern, Deer Fern) should not be cut back until late spring as the old fronds protect the new fiddleheads.