Do plants regenerate themselves the next year?

I am trying to develop a small front porch garden. I want to know if the plants I have now will come back again next year (after the frost), just by me watering the roots.

Do plants regenerate themselves the next year?
Depends on the plants you have...I would recommend buying perennials as they grow back every year after being dormant. Annuals typically are a once a year type of plant (although I've had a few come back)...lots of folks buy these to add additional color for the spring-fall time. If you go to Lowes, Home Depot, or whereever they sell plants you should be able to determine what kind of plant you are looking at just by reading the tag...otherwise ask someone who works there and they can help you out. Perennials typically cost more but are worth it since they come back every year.
Reply:most annuals grow, flower and die and they are done some annuals like marigolds asylum Pansy's johnny jump ups and callendulas self seed(there are probably more but I just named a few)and by self seed I mean the plant as it dies the flower head drys and all of the seeds in the flower head go in to the dirt and by spring the seeds in the flower head have spread and start growing.

Now perennials are plants that come up bloom and die down to the dirt but the roots stay alive but sleep through the winter and then in the spring the plant comes back up when the ground is warm enough Some perennials live for years(I have a Shasta daisy that I have had for 15 years)and a lot of the perennials self seed too like Shasta daisies cone flowers hardy geranium and hollyhocks on the other hand most perennials grow and double with in two to 3 years and need to be divided to make more plants- I know I threw a bunch of information our here but I hope it helped!
Reply:Well that depends on a few different things. Your planting zone and what you have planted. There are many annuals that reseed themselves. You do not need to keep watering them over the winter season once the weather warms they will germinate. Perennials will almost always come back as long as they are planted in the right zone. Bulbs and rhizomes will come back also as long as they are again planted in the right zone. If you have these plants in pots then you can bring them in and keep them going over the winter. They do get kind of scraggly looking but should get full again when in the warm weather. If you take them in the house make sure you acclimate them to the out side again slowly. That way they dont go into shock. I have a group on yahoo if you want to check it out.

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Reply:depends what you have planted if you have planted flowers that come up every year then yes.plan on seeing them next year.

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