Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow . Dandelions bloom every month of the year in South Carolina. A perennial weed with a tap root, individual plants can live for five years or more and established plants are hard to eradicate. Each flower makes between 100 to 500 seeds that have attached structures to catch the wind and for widespread dispersal. Although perfect lawn aficionados despise them, this is one non-native plant with importance for wildlife in