Purdue Extension - Cutworms Cutworms overwinter under weeds, leaves stones and paths, ready to emerge on warm days to eat through your vegetables. Cutworms are not actually worms, but the caterpillar of a moth. They can be the larvae of Feltia jaculifera, Noctuidae, Turnip moth or Agrotis moths. Here's a helpful link http://bugguide.net/node/view/10464 It's 70 outside so I'm watering and weeding around the veg garden and finding dozens of these Dingy Cutworms and tossing them out to the birds. Keep an eye out as you work in the garden and toss them. Purdue Extension -- "Most cutworms overwinter as pupae in the soil or as young larvae, however some move into the Midwest as moths from southern latitudes. After emerging or arriving in the Midwest, moths mate then deposit eggs on soil, weeds, and/or crops (arriving moths may have already mated). Cutworm lifecycle Black Cutworm Iowa State Cutworm damage may be prevalent where so...
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We are only recently zone 7. NE Oklahoma was zone 6b until about 10 years ago when it heated up to 7a.
But we still have horrific ice storms, spring blizzards with 18-inch snowfall, etc.
I bet most of those plants are worth trying. Dr. Miller puts solid fences on the north side of his plants to protect them from north winds.
Keep me posted on what you try!