I would think that most plants are acclimated to climates with seasons. Doesn’t the eternal spring/summer conditions interrupt some type of annual cycle?
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It would be a problem for seeds and other unsprouted plants. Many seeds from temperate zones (ones with winter and summer cycles) tend to need that freeze thaw to activate the process that causes them to sprout. In fact, you need to place some seeds in the refrigerator for a month or two before you plant them.
However the plants themselves often don’t need the freeze thaw cycle to grow and thrive. Most of the time they use the relative abundance of sunlight in the summer or lack thereof in the winter to determine when to grow and bloom and when to cut back and store energy.
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