Texas Gardening: Hummingbird Bush 'Compacta' (Hamelia patens), 1 by shuggins

shuggins wrote:
Okay, well, guess i need to rethink this. Everything sounds great about it, except that I need something 3-4 feet and not 6-8 feet.

So here are my conditions and maybe some one has a good idea...

I would prefer something evergreen.
I think about 4 feet, maybe 5 is as high as I would like to go.
I would prefer something that has a nice looking bush, not really scrubby looking.
Pretty much full sun although the tree does offer some shade for a little while during the day.

I have 2 spots that I want to put the same plant.

Here is one pic. I want to put it right in the middle where the sticks (also known as tropical hibiscus that is taking its own sweet time leafing out) are currently. I don't have a good pic of the other area, but it is similar.

TIA