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Originally Posted by CookieCows
I've had a hard time finding very many broad leaf evergreens for zone 6-7. You have no idea what that list means to me!
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Glad I could help!
For Zone 7, a great looking broad leaf evergreen Genus are the Illiciums:
Illicium floridanum
Illicium henryi
Illicium parviflorum
I'm in a very cold Zone 6, but Illicium floridanum and Illicium henryi have held up pretty well. The leaves curl up in the cold though. So during days it is well below 32 they don't look so happy. Illicium floridanum looks a little beat up right now, but Illicium henryi looks very good considering it went below zero twice and stayed below freezing for a few weeks. I think the snow pack really helps them in my location, so I can't really recommend them for all of zone 6. I'm not sure how long they'll last here either since this was just their first winter.
austinl01, you're right! In the warmer parts of Zone 6 Sabal minor and Rhapidiophyllum hystrix would be fun to try out. For me, its probably too much trouble trying to protect them during a winter here.