Hello. David L from Northwest Missouri - Zone 5b micro 6.
I literally grow most anything you can imagine. Zones doan bother me.
Fond of Tropicals and things exotic. Few vegetables - very few. Even then, usually weird stuff like Luffa sponge and Casa banana.
I grow a lot from seed - usually have 1 - 2 thousand seeds going in my basement over winter.
Since I must bring most everything in over winter, my house does look like a jungle. Heh.
I have gardened since the 1970s and am a Master Gardener and a Master Naturalist.
I do a lot for Monarchs and have a Waystation.