It keeps the screened porch shaded. The little tree is ficus, which can uproot a house if planted outside. I love rose bushes and could not grow them in Alaska, but I can in Florida and have bunches of them. Be careful about putting flowering bushes or plants near doorways and windows because of the bees. I also love geraniums and just break off and stick a piece into the ground and soon have another bush.
Geraniums are soooo easy to grow, look beautiful and just keep on blooming and expanding.
I don't plant to many flowers that die and have to be replanted. I encourage my family to give me potted plants instead of cut flowers for those ''special days''. I then plant poinsettas, azelias and mums in my flower beds and here in Florida, they thrive and grow huge, not to die and be replanted. My largest and healthiest plants in my yard are the plants I planted next to where the water spouts come down from the gutters. Because of all the water that comes out there, my plants flourish.