Thanks sooo much! Live in Boston.

For vines, I have good experience with Morning Glories. Moonflowers, their cousins, as well, although those bloom late in the season and have never brought too many flowers (but are they ever spectacular if they come!). Canary Vine has worked well too. Asarina worked well last year, took a long time to germinate, many purple flowers and pretty leaves that resemble ivy leaves and turn reddish in late summer. Sweet Pea - not so good, wilt fast in the sun. I pre-grow my vines indoors, planting the seeds in windowsill-size seed planters that work like mini greenhouses. Lee Valley sell very good ones.

Re flowering plants - my best experience in the windiest spots are wildflower seed mixtures. Have them each year in boxes on the railing - fantastic. They get ruffled in storms but have always recovered. Had the regular and the low growing ones. All spectacular! In more sheltered spots, I plant bush daisies, bluebells and snapdragons (dwarf varieties are best in windy spots) regularly.

Hope this helps....how awesome that the new gardening season is starting!!!!
Good luck
Viennawoods