Thanks guys most everything you see are shrubs and they live year round. I am in Zone 7. There is a bannana tree in the background of that picture and we cut it to the ground after the first frost. They get big. The purple flowered tree is a Crape Myrtle and they are beautiful in the summer. This house I lived at 4 yrs ago is in Stockbridge, 30 mins south of Atlanta, an hour North of Macon. I live now 10 mins west of Downtown Atlanta, Near Six Flags, in Austell ...