Fort Worth. I have hackberries out the wazzoo, it isn't something I would plant voluntarily (I do plan to plant a mesquite out in the front yard, though--I have a "desert" corner I'm working on). Elm is in the Oak family, it's a sub group (Oak is a really big rather interesting family--but that is according to some elderly tree taxonomy books). Beech is also in there, I think. Anyway.

Blueberries are grown commercially down in the plains around Houston. But I have known several people in Central Texas who have batches of shrubs in their yards and they seem to grow fine. I haven't gone looking for any, but someplace like Weston Gardens in Bloom might have them. I found a Texas Blueberry site at Texas A&M. Says they need acid soil. That's in keeping with the Northwestern population. Those evergreen forests have acid soil. I'd have to do some good bed preparation here, but I could manage it with compost and with pine needles, etc.

SRS