LOL. My aunt had a fabulous wisteria that bloomed reliably every year - my uncle built an arbor to show it off.
At my aunt’s garden club, a gardening expert who was giving a lecture on “gardening in Indiana” said wisteria will grow in Indiana but never bloom - my aunt pulled out a photo of her wisteria in full bloom and shocked the expert. Her wisteria grew so large it collapsed the arbor.
Sometimes you have to experiment with different things to see what does/doesn’t grow, especially if you live in an area that has many micro-climates like I do, what grows in one neighborhood won’t grow in the next.
Enjoy your tulips! My dear friend grows them - by putting them in the fridge for six weeks before planting - they never repeat bloom and she doesn’t have that much luck with them, I told her to concentrate on bulbs we can grow here - amaryllis, iris, certain varities of lilies and a few others.
That wisteria story is wonderful!
I can’t say that I’ve had much luck with getting the Florida type plants to thrive here. I did have a plumeria plant that was successful for a few years, but I had to give it a LOT of attention. It grew too tall to bring back inside one year, so we could only manage to fit it into the unheated garage that winter. It didn’t survive. It was sad because I had devoted a lot of time to it.