This is a similar list for shrubs:

Hairy manzanita: Arctostaphylos columbiana
Colorado's Hardy Manzanitas: Welcome Winter Beauty | Audubon Rockies
Arctostaphylos x coloradensis zone 5
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi zone 4
English laurel zone 6-8
SILVERBERRY Elaeagnus pungens ZONE 5-6
Euonymus kiautschovicus ZONE 5
Euonymus japonicus ZONE 6
Buxus micriphylla japon BOXWOOD ZONE 5
Photinia x fraseri red tip ZONE 7
Photinia...

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...