Then you are a touch colder then me. Even though we can both be zone 9, where my uncle lives, its a depression and he gets hit with more cold than I do, he is just a couple miles from me. Lots of time he will have frost when I have none. Well if you have a garage you can drag it in, its worth a little effort. You can probably grow Fanfare, its sold by Annies. Does real well here and a little tougher but a huge awesome bloom. Nice foliage as well. It gets about 5-6 feet here and loses leaves in winter but does not die to the ground, usually.
I gave up on tibochina, looks crappy for 11 months, you start to get some blooms and its gone. I don't do it anymore but they used to do really well here. The weather has changed so much, I also have trouble with abuliton for the same reason. But I have not totally given up on them, red tiger abuliton is so beautiful I will keep hoping for better winters.
