Did anyone suggest japanese privet? Not a hard plant to successfully

This is the list I collected of evergreen broad-leaf and exotic trees that can survive zone 7. It may not be entirely accurate though:

Desert Willow- Chilopsis linearis ZONE 6-7
STRAWBERRY TREE Arbutus unedo ZONE7
Arbutus 'Marina' ZONE8
TEXAS MADRONE Arbutus xalapensis ZONE7
Arbutus arizonica zone 6
Magnolia grandiflora ZONE 6-7
Rhapidophyllum Hystrix ZONE...

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For drought and cold tolerance I would also suggest...

Olea europaea
Eucalyptus pauciflora
Eucalyptus gunnii

yes, have already discussed the two eucs (very nice plants I agree) and their potential plus several others. the olive may (or may not, LOL) be potentially a bit dicey as a long-term ornamental let alone a fruit producer and over here is generally regarded as normally hardy to 15f and generally...

Fatsia japonica
Eriobotrya japonica
Rhododendron ponticum


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Fatsia japonica
Eriobotrya japonica
Rhododendron ponticum...

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I live in Reno, NV.

Anybody knows about Eucalyptus pauciflora( snow gum) in the US? I remember saw them in the ski resort in Australia. It has to be one of the hardiest Eucalyptus.

pauciflora and it's sub-species niphophila (which is what you may have seen at the ski-resort) and duebuezvillei are regarded as among the cold-hardiest eucalyptus but their resistance to the hot, dry conditions of...

Box tree
Holm Oak
Strawberry tree

some plants to consider for the California/Nevada type deserts might include arbutus unedo, quercus ilex, q. emoryi, q. fusiformis, q. turbinella, q. reticulata, and q. virginiana, eucalyptus neglecta, e. gunnii, e. microtheca, viburnum tinus, vauquelinia californica, and pehaps also look at some of the "tree" yuccas like aloifolia, gloriosa, brevifolia, elata, recurvifolia ,rostrata, and rigida and the similar looking dasylirion...