We have a lot of advantages being in our climate but some plants just will not cooperate. Agapanthus, I didn't know it liked to be in a pot instead of the open garden. I traded it. Amaryllis belladonna, I can grow the heck out of crinum and regular amaryllis, but not this puppy. I traded it. I used to be a dismal failure at seed starting, zinnias laughed at me in their death throes. Or their unborn throes one. I'm getting antsy about my allium. I WANT ALLIUM! The drumsticks are my most faithful.
So fess up, what thwarts your plant pleasure?
