I am new to this group as of today. We live in Illinois. We farm for a living;and love it. I love my flowers. I am kind of new at all of this I have 4 flower beds. I had 2 flower beds for awhile and started to new ones last year. I love the flowers that come up every year but I still buy ones that only are here for the summer. We also do a garden which some years is good and some not so good , I believe that you can not beat a good rain. Nancy