The right tree planted in the right spot will outlive you. The wrong one will give you 15 years of headaches. Here’s what we recommend for North Texas yards.
Shade trees
- Live Oak — slow but steady, evergreen-ish, lives for centuries
- Cedar Elm — tough native, fast-growing, beautiful yellow fall color
- Bur Oak — massive, drought-tolerant, dramatic acorns
- Chinese Pistache — moderate size, spectacular red-orange fall foliage
Ornamental trees
- Crepe Myrtle — summer bloomer in every color, prune lightly (no “crepe murder”)
- Redbud — pink spring blooms, heart-shaped leaves, native
- Mexican Plum — white spring blooms, small ornamental fruit
- Desert Willow — orchid-like blooms all summer in the heat
Evergreens & screens
- Eastern Red Cedar — native, fast, tough — perfect privacy screen
- Holly varieties — Nellie Stevens for tall screens, Yaupon for hedges
- Wax Myrtle — fast screen, semi-evergreen
Flowering shrubs
- Knock Out® Roses — bulletproof, blooms spring through frost
- Texas Sage — silver foliage, purple blooms after rain
- Esperanza — yellow blooms all summer
- Salvia greggii — hummingbird magnet, drought-proof
Planting tips
Fall is the best time to plant trees in North Texas — cool weather lets roots establish before summer stress. Spring is second-best.
Plant wide, not deep: dig a hole 2–3× the root ball width but no deeper than the ball itself. Water deeply and mulch generously.
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