perennializing

Verb

perennialize (third-person singular simple present perennializes, present participle perennializing, simple past and past participle perennialized)

1. (intransitive) To return year after year as a perennial.
   • I recommend spending your bulb budget on bulbs that will perennialize in the garden, and if you need big tulips, purchase a bunch from the local florist.2000, Tom Peace, Sunbelt Gardening: Success in Hot-Weather Climates, page 64
2. (transitive) To make perennial.
   • The quest here is one of several around the world, to perennialize everything from sorghum to chickpeas to sunflowers.2007 June 5, Jim Robbins, “A Perennial Search for Perfect Wheat”, in New York Times