Welcome to Permies, Preston!
Maybe if I knew what DFW stood for it would make a difference, but I think if you want good advice, telling us a bit more than just the zone would be helpful.
Things like: 1. how sunny/shady your planting options are?
2. What sort of soil you've got?
3. Typical rainfall at various times of the year?
Telling us some of the plants that are already doing well on your
land would also be informative.
I can certainly understand wanting more info before buying a bunch of plants that might hate my ecosystem. I've had a Goumi that's not done much for 5 years, except fix nitrogen for the rhubarb beside it. I only found out this year that they prefer to cross-pollinate, so I *really* need to get it a couple of friends. I don't know *its* specific variety name, so I figure I need to buy two that are guaranteed not to be clones, in order to be sure that one will help out my plant. I live on an Island and inbreeding/cloning is a big thing, because shipping things in is expensive.