Thanks again, Saltcedar. I wonder if this is the reticulata species, since it is growing near the FL/GA border. I have credited you again on the webpage. The page is now listed under the Native Plants section. Here is a link that might be useful: Asimina

Malva sylvestris, Common Mallow. Flowers are variable from pale pink to purple. This is a particularly dark specimen but I think it unlikely to be a named cultivar, especially since it was growing wild along a hedge. A common wild flower in the British Isles.

Here's some suggestions. Most of them are inspired by what grows in wet areas of New Jersey's pine barrens -- another habitat of acid sand. Perennials, etc: cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) meadow beauty (Rhexia virginica or mariana) tussock sedge (Carex stricta) palm sedge (Carex muskingumensis) bushy bluestem grass (Andropogon glomeratus) swamp candles (Lysimachia terrestris) pink coreopsis (Coreopsis rosea) slender blue iris (Iris prismatica) blue flag (Iris versicolor) shrubs (these all grow fairly low and will survive being cut back to 3'): shrubby St. John's wort (Hypericum densiflorum) leadbush (Amorpha fruticosa) Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) staggerbush (Lyonia mariana) maleberry (Lyonia ligustrina) zenobia (Zenobia pulverulenta) inkberry holly (Ilex glabra) leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) If you haven't already done so, let me urge you to try to identify the plants growing in the ditch right now. Wet places with acid, sandy soil often have great native plants growing in them (damp roadside ditches are a good place to hunt for native orchids, for example). Also, the acid, sandy habitat is a very specialized one, so relatively few non-native plants tend to grow there.

I like the wild asters in a wild place. I have plants that I like for the wilder parts of my yard. Four o clocks are one. They take care of themselves and can compete with weeds. I have moved the jerusalem artichokes out of the yard but I still get to see the yellow flowers where I have it on the edges of the tame area.