I live in Nassau County on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. We usually have humid summers, especially in July and August. But winters are anything from lots of snow were we might get a foot at a time and cold weather but the more usual is alternating cold and warmer all winter so that we get snow, it melts and stays warm and it all starts over again. This mixed with unusual warm winters and no snow.
In 2001 I decided to redo my yard from the typical suburban grass with a few shubs or so until I ended up with what I have today. I started with vines and shrubs to attract hummingbirds and bees and added lots of fruiting shubs to attract backyard songbirds. Plus lot of shall fruit shrubs that I also like to eat such as lots of blueberries and red currants. By the time I started adding lots of bloom I also had to start to add raised beds and terraced gardens as my yard is very multilevel. I got rose crazies, afew years later daylily crazies. after that lily crazies and iris crazies. I have a fair amount of perrenials here also. So in spite of the fact that I have near 600 daylilies, I also have about 200 roses, about 200 tall beared iris, lots and lots of lilies and more spring bulbs than I can count.
