Hi & welcome! The zone numbers given for plants indicate where they are hardy. A perennial is always a perennial, regardless of where it is taken, but if you don't live within its' hardiness zone, it can't behave perennially at your location. You can find your hardiness zone here:
http://garden.org/zipzone/
The info in the link Dave posted indicates your plant is hardy from Zones 10-11. No part of Georgia is in those zones, so you would need to protect your plant from cold winter temps (anything approaching frost.)
