Chris Norton wrote in
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I get all confused on this annual, biennial and perennial stuff so I`m
in the frame of mind that if it`s alive then it`ll look good at some
stage, and if it`s dead then it`s compost!

I have been tending to think the same....
Personally I thought it was very confusing...
It wasn't until my mum explained it to me...

But even now people come along with plants that break the rules....

And I just don't see the point in an annual at all....Why have a plant for
just a few months?

I look at fields of nettles round my way and think to myself "look at
all that compost". SWMBO is getting concerned I think. 8-)

Around here they are butterfly attractors.....Nothing more...
Oh....Yeah...they are also a royal pain in the arse.....B-(
They spread like wildfire....