I am in the deep south, Donald, and certainly get the same sun as you do. The difference is that we always have high humidity with our heat. My canna, azalea, ginger, and plumeria bloom best with that 6-8 hours of full sun. The landscape plants also get water about every-other-day since I have a automatic irrigation system in place. Most of what I grow though are tropicals, and they flourish with a couple of hours of early morning or very late afternoon sun. I would/could never expose them to mid-day sun. They would sunburn!
