Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) looks like by the seed pods. Those are seed pods and if it had seeds, it did flower and they are pretty. The tree pic is not bright enough for me to identify by the leaves, so a leaf pic is usually helpful. Mine (and they volunteer easily and we have to weed them out) have been blooming for months now. Nicest year ever for them and we train some into standards......single trunk small trees. Others we let run into hedgerows. I have half-double whites in full bloom now but I am a cooler zone than you.

Thank you calliope for helping me. My husband said that you are correct as after we read your reply then he remembered... Sorry that I didn't have a leaf picture but I will keep that in mind for next time.

Yours is beautiful...