Some parts of your garden look like an english one! So what sort of climate do you have GZ?

Thank you! We get hot humid summers, nice spring & fall and snow from Dec to march but not really cold, more of a damp cold from the Great Lakes. It is easy to get spoiled here - I used to live in Northern Ontario, where spring, summer & fall were all crammed into about 4 months and it was snow and quite cold for the rest of the year...