I no longer get anything that was hybridized in the deep south, as I have spent WAY too much money and time on wonderful pictures but plants that don't survive here. There are some wonderful things being introduced, don't get me wrong, but plants like to live in their own local (and BTW, sometimes they live elsewhere).
My heart has been broken way too many times.
Might I suggest emailing the person that has hybridized such plants, or the person that has used the plant in breeding and is selling the seed, to ask what they think about it, or what knowledge they know about it? They have often studied the plant gene pool before using it.
Many times plants are purchased just for the gene pool, used and then passed on as they know it might not be hardy for them. That is all fine and good, when we have some heads up.
Oh, and I am sooooo into not buying by ZONE. If you have snow cover in zone 4 and I don't in zone 6, you might be able to grow something that I cannot.
Just sayin' honestly, the 'In My Opinion' thing (certainly not trying for the popularity poll!!!)
