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Herbaceous perennials are garden plants that die back to the soil line when winter temperatures arrive. The plants enter a dormant period and strengthen the root system while waiting for the coming of spring.
Stargazer lilies are herbaceous perennials. They are also bulb plants, but -- unlike snowdrops, for example -- they are summer-flowering bulbs, as opposed to spring bulb plants. They are hybrid plants. Lilium 'Stargazer' is how plant taxonomy classifies this flower.