Is there anything that grows better or exclusively in a cold climate (zones 1-5) that you wish you could grow in your warmer zone? – Reddit Post

I got really into gardening just a year ago, particularly flowers, but living in a cold climate (5b, with a last frost date in mid May) I find myself perpetually frustrated at how many flowers are unavailable to me without a greenhouse or a much larger home with way more window space. For example, I desperately want to smell a gardenia, but they don’t exist around here, and they aren’t suitable to my climate. I have no room in my home for houseplants at all, so overwintering just isn’t an option.

It got me wondering if there were any zone 7 or higher gardeners out there who were bummed to learn that they can’t grow a plant they love in their zone because it was too warm.

Is this exclusively a cold climate problem?