Tyler is very different. A lot more rain. Nice soil. Tall pine trees everywhere. Large oak,maple,etc everywhere. A lot of roses there. It is not a desert so I don't about growing succulent plants. You can grow a lot of things. You can even have nice lawn with the rain you'd get.

Tyler is in the East TX piney woods area. That is more sandy loam soils, lots of trees, and more rainfall than the DFW area.

They are known for growing roses there.

Still gets plenty hot, but better than DFW.

I live about 10 miles outside Tyler (in the country) and succulents do very well here. My neighbor and I have several kinds outside in ground that survive the winter. Welcome, its a very favorable growing area and I think you will enjoy it.

I attended Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches which is 70 miles south from Tyler, I think and it has awesome arboretum that you can check out to see what grows best in East Texas. You can literally grow MANY kinds of plants that I can't grow over here. You probably will notice that azaleas are everywhere there as well. Actually, you may be there in time for azalea blooming everywhere.

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. I am apprehensive about the change and it's nice to have things to look forward to.