I live in Oklahoma. What kinds of trees can I plant that don't lose their leaves in the winter? Thanks!?

Question

If they were trees with especially thick branches this would be good.

TALL tree suggestions, please!

Answer 1

Conifers. Evergreens, pines, juniper, spruce.....

Answer 2

I believe that you could try Live Oaks if you live in Tulsa, Muskogee, and on down from there to the Texas border. The problem is that they grow very slowly; they grow much faster in their native habitat nearer the coast. Carolina Cherry Laurel is a fast-growing small evergreen tree (dogwood size) that might survive (but no guarantees) in that same area. Your best bet, again in that same part of Oklahoma, is the Southern Magnolia) Magnolia grandiflora. It will definitely thrive in those parts of Oklahoma. In Oklahoma City, the Panhandle, Enid, Bartlesville, and the Ouachita Mountains, even the Southern Magnolia is iffy. In those areas you have no choice but the needled evergreens, and the high summer heat will limit your choices. For them, Norway or Colorado Spruce should work, and Norway is better. White Pine is good if your area is not too windy. If your heart is set on a broadleaf evergreen, it won't grow all that big or all that fast, but a Treeform Burford Holly makes a respectable small broadleaf evergreen tree for the Tulsa-Muskogee-Texas border area.
One other suggestion: Quercus hemispherica, the Darlington Oak. Most years it will eventually lose its leaves, but on a mild year it is (nearly) evergreen. Sorry, it is not reliably winter-hardy in the Panhandle, Enid, Oklahoma City, or the Mountains either.
I wish I could be the bearer of better news. But, I do wish you success.