Crystal,
My successes (won't list failures
) for flowers, grasses and shrubs are:
Daylilies (real tough and VERY successful)
Ferns (Ostrich and Southern Wood fern)
Yarrow
Pincushion flower
Shasta daisies
Coreopsis
Periwinkle
Butterfly weed
Yellow African iris
Elephant ears
Coneflowers (several types & colors)
Lantana
Catchfly
Rudbeckia
Jasmine
Joe Pye weed
Clematis
Sage
Phlox
Liatris
Ruellia Brittoniana--Katie's Blue
Dianthus
Salvia--May Night
Blanket flowers--Goblin
Indian Summer daisy
Grasses:
Dwarf Fountain grass
Pampas grass
Shrubs:
Chinese Fringeflower--Plumb Delight
Indian hawthorn--Yedda
Abelia--Rose Creek
Butterfly bush
Helleri Japanese holly
Spirea--Vanhoutte
Pittosporim--Wheelers dwarf
Crape myrtles--various types & colors
Azaleas
Pink variegated Dapne
Lady Banks Rose
Floribunda roses--various types & colors
Nandinas--Moon Bay
Sweet Bay magnolia
Camellias
Saucer magnolia
Soft Touch Compacta hollies
Sweet olives
Cleyera
This is not a complete list but should give you a few choices. Don't know if you need tree types too. I have planted lots of shade, flowering, evergreen and fruit trees. Let me know. I started out with 5 1/2 acres of dirt so had to plant EVERYTHING! Hope this helps.