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Acer
Acer
ginnala
(Amur Maple)
Acer
macrophyllum
(Bigleaf Maple)
Acer
macrophyllum
'Seattle Sentinel'
(Seattle Sentinel Bigleaf Maple)
Acer
monspessulanum
(Montpellier Maple)
Acer
opalus
subsp.
obtusatum
(Bosnian Maple)
Acer
platanoides
(Norway Maple)
Acer
platanoides
'Crimson King'
(Crimson King Norway Maple)
Acer
platanoides
'Deborah'
(Deborah Norway Maple)
Acer
platanoides
'Schwedleri'
(Schwedleri Norway Maple)
Aesculus
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
flava
(Yellow Buckeye )
Aesculus
glabra
(Ohio Buckeye )
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Buddleia
Buddleia
globosa
(Orange Butterfly Bush )
Buddleia
×
weyeriana
'Honeycomb'
(Honeycomb Butterfly Bush)
Calycanthus
Calycanthus
occidentalis
(Western Spicebush )
Campsis
Campsis
radicans
(Trumpet Vine )
Chimonanthus
Chimonanthus
praecox
(Fragrant Wintersweet)
Clematis
Clematis
tangutica
(Golden Clematis)
Cornus
Cornus
amomum
(Silky Dogwood)
Cornus
mas
(Corneliancherry Dogwood)
Cornus
officinalis
(Japanese Cornelian Dogwood )
Cornus
racemosa
(Gray Dogwood )
Ephedra
Ephedra
fasciculata
(Arizona Ephedra )
Ephedra
viridis
(Green Mormon Tea )
Forestiera
Forestiera
pubescens
(Desert Olive)
Forsythia
Forsythia
×
intermedia
(Border Forsythia)
Forsythia
viridissima
(Greenstem Forsythia)
Forsythia
viridissima
'Bronxensis'
(Bronxensis Greenstem Forsythia)
Forsythia
viridissima
var.
koreana
'Kumson'
(Kumson Korean Greenstem Forsythia)
Hydrangea
Hydrangea
paniculata
(Panicle Hydrangea)
Hypericum
Hypericum
'Hidcote'
(Hidcote Hypericum)
Hypericum
androsaemum
(Tutsan)
Jasminum
Jasminum
nudiflorum
(Winter Jasmine)
Lonicera
Lonicera
ciliosa
(Western Trumpet Honeysuckle)
Lonicera
involucrata
(Twinberry )
Lonicera
japonica
(Japanese Honeysuckle)
Lonicera
maackii
(Amur Honeysuckle )
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Sambucus
Sambucus
racemosa
(Red Elderberry)
Symphoricarpos
Symphoricarpos
orbiculatus
(Indiancurrant Coralberry )
Syringa
Syringa
pekinensis
(Peking Lilac )
Tetradium
Tetradium
daniellii
(Korean Evodia )
Viburnum
Viburnum
cassinoides
(Witherod Viburnum )
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
Viburnum
nudum
'Winterthur'
(Winterthur Smooth Witherod)
Viburnum
prunifolium
(Blackhaw Viburnum)
