No zone envy here. Sure there are stunning plants that we can't grow but why even try with all the beauty we can grow? I'm sure every area has cool or warm springs, rainy summers or those in drought, steamy summers or very pleasant ones, but that's all part of gardening. Some days we can look at our gardens and wonder if our brains were in storage when we designed and planted them but then there are the days when our own gardens take our breath away and we do tend to enjoy those days immensely, as we should.
We have great soil, and we're in the sunniest town in all of New York (hence all the vineyards), so I'm quite content.
