Perennials Grown As Annuals?

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    I've searched and searched and I kind of get the gist of perennials grown as annuals but I don't get why. Could some one please help out with an explanation as to why perennials are growns as annuals?
     
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    In colder climes it is because they do not normally survive the winter.
     
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      I have to grow some Monarda and Echinacea as annuals because they're not happy on my sandy soil and as Palustris has said they won't survive the Winter.:coffee:
       
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