I live in the northeast and it gets cold in the winter. i didnt think it would work but i know from experience that rose bushes and some types flowers that i have grow back every spring. i was just wondering if maybe the winter would just freeze the plants in place and when it warmed up and the sun started to shine better if maybe it would regenerate on its own. i doubted it. just a thought that popped in my head and i thought maybe out of all the members on the boards maybe somebody tried it before. but i gotta take off. so i will check in every once and a while. thanks for the replies. peace!