Well, the damage from the Christmas blast is becoming more and more evident everyday. Hollies, magnolias, boxwoods and cherry laurel seemed to make it through. Everything else is dead or dying (piitosporum, ligustrums, big Japanese yews, azaleas, privets, photenias, loropetalum, pansies and so on). Walking through my neighborhood (Coppell) it is looking pretty bleak as well. Second time in two years we have been wacked by the cold. Summer drought got one of my big pine trees to top things off. We are going to need a MAJOR refresh of the entire landscaping. Any other ideas on what to plant that can survive these North Texas extremes we seem to be having.

We're due for more freezes in Feb and March so I wouldn't address anything yet. Look to start replacing after April 1st and you should be fine. My suggestion would be to plant what you like because the last couple of years have shown that if the weather is bad enough then nothing is safe. Plant stuff you like looking at (that makes sense in local landscapes) and worry about it later.

Source : I sell plants in DFW for a living. Our nurseries have been hammered also and we just adapt and move on.

Some of the varieties you named will come back. Sometimes if you just trim them down, spring time will bring them back, especially if they have been in the ground for a while. DFW is a tough place to plant. We get extremes.

2wealfth Man said:

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Well, the damage from the Christmas blast is becoming more and more evident everyday. Hollies, magnolias, boxwoods and cherry laurel seemed to make it through. Everything else is dead or dying (piitosporum, ligustrums, big Japanese yews, azaleas, privets, photenias, loropetalum, pansies and so on). Walking through my neighborhood (Coppell) it is looking pretty bleak as well. Second time in two years we have been wacked by the cold. Summer drought got one of my big pine trees to top things off. We are going to need a MAJOR refresh of the entire landscaping. Any other ideas on what to plant that can survive these North Texas extremes we seem to be having.

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I've been in my house about ten years. I've probably ripped out forty or fifty non texas native plants, shrubs and trees, including many of the things you mentioned.

Only Texas natives got put back. Make a design/plan and pick some stuff you like. This isnt the most user friendly website but it's a good resource.

https://hortsciences.tamu.edu/plantpicturepages/


Good luck!

https://www.kltv.com/2023/01/07/texas-am-horticulturist-gives-advice-freeze-damaged-plants/

Colorguard yucca, softleaf yucca, red yucca, arizona cypress, live oak. These are all of my favorite hardy plants for north Texas that you didn't already mention. Wish agaves were more cold tolerant

Bridalwreath, forsythias, sunshine ligustrum, kaleidoscope abelia, dwarf yaupon, nandinas, purpleheart, ajuga

Agree to wait and see what comes back in the spring. My sunshine ligustrum got knocked out but I'm counting on them to pull through.

I would add Texas Sage to the list.

It's not going to be as bad as you think. Over the years I basically only plant nandinas, junipers, all types of hollies and abelas. These have all survived zero degree temperatures.