I have only had experience with:

butterfly bush- I had mine in a sunny western exposure area. It held on for a year then died. I did enrich the soil and kept it watered. Maybe it would do better in a pot. I think the nematodes may have bothered it.

Mosquito shoo geranium- I had it in a shady/part sun area with eastern exposure. It did really well and lived for two years. I did not go out of my way to water it or fertilize it. I am not convinced it helped with insects, but it smelled very good when I brushed against it. I made me happy I was glad I bought it.

Butterfly bush (buddleia x weyeriana 'bicolor')
- I tried different vars, different crosses. Various locations around the yard, lots of compost, different types of soil.
All last a year, and do great within that year...
I love buddleias :[ I will give it one more try, in a huge pot....

Though, I do have have one species plant, bought it from HD/Lowes....it is doing just fine, but the flowers are rather tiny. It is still cute, I will need to look up the name

I would guess, a NO on Hazelnut. Where I saw it grow (Eastern Europe), the climate is radically different from ours....

Azaleas - I grow them, no problems. But I prefer to buy locally grown. When in season, they will be all over, and cheap.

Tuberose - tried and failed. I saw it grow well in Hawaii - again, a rather different climate

Good luck, and nice to *see you* again :)
Olya

The campsis radicans is massively invasive. It will pop up everywhere for years to come if you plant it. I'd say steer clear of it. It's also deciduous so looks nasty half the year.
It's a weed here in Tampa and if you really want it, I'll send you some next time I pull weeds.
Lori

Most of the plants listed will not work too well in south Florida, especially azaleas. I suggest you grow what you grew in Miami, if I remember correctly.

Susan

Well my husband is happy as you guys just saved him a ton of money.

Thank you all for your responses. It seems a bit colder up here than Miami so I wondered if I could grow some of the more cold tolerant species.

I noticed up here that certain things that were rampant in Miami such as Royal Poinciana, I don't see up here at all. I guess I will just search my neighbors yards and see what they have going on.

Hi M. I have a huge royal poincianna I grew from seed and I am farther north then you. Also the shell vine should grow too as I am growing both kinds. The fragrant one gets afternoon shade. I have a few azaleas, the trick to them is they want acid. So if your soil is that sandy add lots of peat before you plant and use acid fertilizer.

Most zone 9 plants will struggle or not make it at all for me, and you are further south, 10 for sure.

Thanks Katkin....DH loves the royal poinciana he will be happy to hear we can have one.

I am really trying to plant things that do not need too much care. I am not the kind to go out in the cold and cover things :-)

Congrats on your new digs!!!!

Ditto what Coffeemom said. When can we come visit??

You guys can come over any weekend. :-) The yard is not much to look at right now, but I can always use good company and ideas :-) Makes no sense to hold a full blown swap with Ricky's coming up in April, maybe a little bar-b-que get together.

I have a Royal Poinciana that looks dead. Katkin, does yours have any leaves right now? I hope it is not dead 'cause I need shade where I planted it. The summer sun is burtal in my back yard.
Trinigemini, Jupiter Farms is a really nice area, congrats!

Shar, this is the first year mine went deciduous, but it's never been this cold before for as long here. Give a branch the scratch test, if you see green, it's still alive. :o)

Hi Trini!

Welcome to the Farms. We are technically Zone 10...but our temps vary quite a bit from Jupiter, just east of us. So I always figure between zone 9 and 10. This year is unusually cold everywhere.

As for the Royal Poinciana, they are all over the Farms, you just aren't recognizing them because they are currently naked.

Voodoo bulb...I have grown succesfully but it does go dormant early, like Setptember..

Cherie

Thanks Cherie....you know I never even thought about them losing their leaves...I had one in Miami and it never lost leaves. But it has been cold for long this year.

This cold weather has been difficult for all the plants. My poincianna is close to ten years old and this is the first time it has lost it's leaves.