Thank you. I do wonder if the soil will be moist enough as my neighbors have some large trees on the other side of their small city lot, and there is a magnolia about 6 or 7 feet from my lot line. My north side bed is moister. I may plant a small one and see how it does before putting in several.

I don't even note her writing style. Perhaps, because I've seen what she does in person, it always hits home with me. Her house and the businesses are far more stunning in person than pictures convey. I grew up in the neighborhood that she now lives in, so I remember several iterations of the house and buildings. The house is a tiny restored jewel, though it is nearly impossible to tell from her pictures that it is a small yard.

Don't rule out western areas just because they are on the west side. All things being equal, Macs will have a harder time on west facing areas and growers may have to allocate more time to checking them but, experiment and see if you can overcome the issues with a micro-climate. I have only planted a Mac on the west side once; it was a Sun Goddess Mac with 1-2 hrs of sun exposure, I made sure the soil drained well and that I watered often; it did fine with the west wall on one side and a pine bush on the opposite side. And my MIL had a nice blue Nikko Blue by her west-facing NH bedroom window that had morning shade and afternoon sun so, wow, go figure that! Whenever I visited her in July-August, it seemed to get sun until sometime after her dinner time but of course, her sun was nowhere as strong as it is down here. You know, I never inquired what did she do for that NB (watering, winter etc)... But you can always look at other Mac's in your area to see how they are placed and 'test the waters' by growing the mac in a pot until you feel certain that the selected location will work... then plant it in the ground. Monitor the shrub and the soil moisture more often in the summer. If the first location does not work, just move the pot. Bombshell (which has had a lot of complaints with blooming issues here), Wedding Gown and Pearls 'n Pink are some of the most compact paniculatas that I suggest you could try. Of course, they only "do" white/pink blooms, not blues/purples/pinks like Macs. If you still want to try macs in full sun, try anyways (maybe just one shrub at first) and post comments to see how does it go.

Morning sun, afternoon shade is probably good where you are though they are fine in full sun where I am. No need to worry about hardiness/ winter winds since they do just fine here in winter, even with winds off the river, channelled by the valley.