Your chances are very good. Ours usually keep setting fruit until the first frost. The plants will start to loose their mid-summer luster, but they will be fine. You can ripen the last ones inside, use them for fried green tomatoes or use them in any...
The first post lists great plants, but they may not like the humidity in Florida. Try other types of lillies: crinum, spider, tiger, etc. Also try cannas, ruellia, knockout roses, and for shady areas, the annual impatiens are beautiful!
We always water our indoor plants in two stages. If you let the soil get dry, it will shrink away from the sides of the container and run off as you have experienced. We will give the plants a small drink and then another a few minutes later. The fir...