We live in SW Florida and nothing that I plant grows!
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Please give us info on your lighting, soil and what you tried to plant.
Have you checked to see if those plants will grown in your zone? SW FL is specific for what will grow there. Are you growing plants in a swamp that need dry? If you throw the correct seeds at the ground in SW FL, they will grow like crazy. Go to http://edis/ifas.ufl.edu/ to look up growing things in FL
Go to a local nursery and they will help you. My granddaughter put her christmas flower in the dirt and it is now 6 ft tall. There are a lot of things you can plant. You just havve to know which plants will grow in your area. You don;'t have to buy any plants but you can talk to a nursery person and they will help you.
What have you tried and what is the method you use to plant?
I would take a soil sample to your location nursery. They can test and rule out any issues with your soil. Good luck!