If you want succeed with your garden you need to plant the right type of plants, at the right time. You can check both at the United States Department of Agriculture’s plant hardiness zone map. When you’ve confirmed that your plants will grow in your zone, make sure you plant them at the right time of year! Be sure to also check the seed’s information, it will likely be spring or summer.
I absolutely agree with you, its all about growing what is successful in your area.
Or you can back veg and put a shrub outside at the beginning of the growing season...