People always want to zone push with these for some reason. I am in 9A, its hotter than hell in summer but we can have a hard freeze in winter. Our first freeze of the winter is actually tomorrow night. We are supposed to drop to 27. We've already had some 30's but no 20's. Its these very few nights below 30F that will set something like a white bird back. People do plant these outdoors here, and if they have the right microclimate, or if they go to the lengths of covering it with a big plant bag, they can get them to make it without too much damage. All the people that have that microclimate are in town, where there is a lot of crowded infrastructure, asphalt, brick, sidewalks and buildings radiating a lot of heat. I don't live there. I live in the woods. All the microclimate I have at my house is tree canopy, and its not as good as in town. So I wouldn't plant this in the yard at my house, therefore I have no chance of a bloom. Just one half zone and 2 hours south, they can and do have these out and blooming. I could plant one in the greenhouse, but I don't really have the space and its not something that I am just dying to have. I get to see them when I go a little farther down, I have to be satisfied with that
