An evergreen screen in The Hills
ZIP 78738 · Travis County · Balcones Canyonlands microclimate · planted October 2026
We ran the founder’s own yard through PlantHere: full sun, heavy deer, watered by hose, and a screen that has to stay green in January. Every native tree on the order is on the plan PlantHere builds for this ZIP — 4 of the 7 trees it recommends, 5 trees in the ground.
What went in the ground
Brodie juniper · 95 gallon · Eastern Red Cedar profile
A narrow, upright selection of eastern red cedar.
2 × Arizona cypress 'Carolina Sapphire' · 45 gallon · Arizona Cypress profile
Silver-blue foliage; a fast screen in caliche.
Cherry laurel 'Centre Court' · 45 gallon · Cherry Laurel profile
Dense, glossy, evergreen to the ground.
Texas mountain laurel · 24 inch box · Texas Mountain Laurel profile
Purple, grape-scented bloom in March.
The plan PlantHere builds for 78738
Evergreen screen · full sun · deer-resistant · hand-watered · only plants sold at local growers. The trees:
Canopy trees: Eastern Red Cedar ✓, Southern Live Oak, Arizona Cypress ✓
Understory trees: Yaupon Holly, Wax Myrtle, Cherry Laurel ✓, Texas Mountain Laurel ✓
✓ = planted here. The order also included one non-native hybrid holly; PlantHere does not recommend it, and it is left off this page.