The first picture is a peony. Perhaps they told her it is a tree peony? Or maybe they just meant "shrub-like"? I'm not sure about the other, but here's the picture. Next time use the "html code" link from photobucket:

Love this plant...it blooms until hard freeze...lots of comments from visitors to my garden..they love it. Hint...In Oregon, Willamette Valley I cut it back to about 6" in winter or early spring...or it gets really stragley.

I did a search for florida tropical nurserys and found a tropical web site. It makes me really think it is that tree, or is it a bush. Pretty weird it is tucked in there like that. However it is surrounded by palmetto bushes and it says it blocks plants near it. Oh well, palmettos have their own minds! Now I have to find out if it is ok if a cow eats it as we are going to fence off the front for an alternative pasture for our 2 cows, to give the regular pasture a break. I can't believe how many things are nasty for a cow! Wow, I couldn't use the words top and another specific word together, I got a spam warning. Seems that company has been causing spamming problems, or they got hacked and spamming is going on.

Crape myrtle. Answered on your duplicate post.