In most cases, a management trainee can expect to spend at least part of his time reading process manuals, watching instructional videos and participating in seminars or classes.
Although it is considered one of the favorite trees in the south, there are two other species, kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) and Cornelian cherry dogwood (Cornus mas), which will grow in all areas of South Carolina except along the coast from Charleston to Savannah, Ga.
According to various gardening sites, saffron crocus grows as far south as zone 8 - only the Florida Panhandle is in Zone 8, so no, not really. As others have said, the crocus needs cold weather to bloom. The plant is dormant in warm/hot summer weather.