Good idea to take pics and ask questions. It will get you off to a good start. I'd say:

1. Podacarpus (some pluses, but a lot of negatives too)
2. Japanese plum aka loquat. Yummy fruit. Nice looking ornamental tree.
3. Norfolk pine
4. One of the philodendrons
5. Powder Puff...hummingbirds love it, and sometimes even nest in it.
6. Last one is another philodendron relative, I think. There are a couple of those, which are actually houseplants run amok in the Florida climate. The variegated one, I have always known as scindapsis, but I am not at all sure that's correct.

Others will have opinions on the pros and cons of these, and will let you know the Latin names, I'm sure. Someone will also let us know if I've misidentified any of them.

Good luck!
Marcia

Im with marcia on all of her identifications..
#2 Definately YUMMY Loquat
#4 is a split leaf philodendron
#6 might be monstera (as im told the leaves split as they get bigger and will run amuck if given half the chance)

Sorry Im still learning latin scientific names so I cant help there..
Happy Gardening
Donna

#4 is a Philodendron Selloum . I have many and they are great landscape plants - very hardy and easy to manage .

Agree with #2 Loquat, #4 Selloum, #5 PowerPuff.
#6 could be monstera deleciosa, AKA Split-Leaf Philo, breadfruit.
A word about loquat. While quite tasty the seed is almost as big as the fruit which leaves you very little to nibble on and a short season to harvest.
Oh, and the seeds really like to grow! While living in Houston for a couple of years with quite a few of all sizes along my back fence (from 20' to 6") I considered not mowing to see how long it would take for my yard to disappear. Reconsidered when I reflected on a new buyer not wanting to live in an impenetrable forest. LOL

Then there must be different Loquats, mine has big fruits with seldom as many as three seeds, usually just two. In other words, I get a mouthful of very very sweet and juicy Loquat fruit with each one. The seeds sprout easy but they do not 'fly' (like the GRT seeds) but come up just under the tree and are easy to pull up.

I love my Loquat :-)

Evelyn

Thanks everyone. :-)

I have a question about the podocarpus ... is it normal for them to grown into trees. I have three podacarpus bushes in front of my house and keep them hedgelike. Can they be trained into trees or is it a species on its own?

The tree in your picture is podocarpus gracilior, weeping podocarpus.
The bushes in your yard are probably podocarpus macrophylla.
Both are beautiful, hardy plants, but different.
Google for some pictures.

The Podocarpus is the Japanese Podocarpus, P. macrophyllus. It is the same species used as bushes and hedges but a different form. The tree is the "normal" species, it can be trimmed but will grow as a tree. This form is hardly propagated in FL nursery trade any more. Almost alll that is used for hedges, etc. is a variety called maki. It has shorter leaves and is a bushier and denser grower. Unpruned, it also doesn't get as tall, maybe 10-15ft while the species can get 40-50ft.

The big Philodendron is Selloum, P. bipinnatifidum (used to be P. selloum).

The last one is Pothos Vine, Epipremnum aureum, a green form, probably 'Emerald Queen'. There is another vine behind it with the divided leaves, it is Syngonium podophyllum, Arrowhead Vine.

Eric
Orlando,FL

I can only add, beware of that Norfolk Island Pine. They're pretty when small, but like our climate way too much. I had to spend a bit of money having one taken out when I lived in Stuart _ they get very tall and thin in our climate and tend to come down in hurricanes. My neighbor has a couple, one quite dead now, and another dying, that will have to come out soon, and he's going to have to spend a bill or two for that work because they're so tall, they'll need to be topped a couple times to keep from taking out power lines or my roof.

Thanks for all the info. :-)

Yeah, once I had the name I looked up the norfolk pine. For all the trouble, I think I'll enjoy them by looking at other peoples' norfolk pine trees. *grin*