LOL Thank you! Yes, plastic plants is the only way for me here in an area bereft of life!

I was joking Paph lol, but seriously, the winters in the past two years have had really bad frosts - we had minus 15 last year and the year before but that was unusual as we normally get around minus 5 in a bad winter. Summer where I live is generally excellent here. We have a high amount of sunshine and last year I actually took the time to get a tan. It's rarely very hot here but when it is hot you know it!