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Aesculus
Aesculus
californica
(California Buckeye )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
(Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'San Bruno Mountain'
(San Bruno Mountain Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
viridissima
'White Cloud'
(White Cloud McMinn's Manzanita )
Aronia
Aronia
arbutifolia
(Red Chokeberry)
Aronia
arbutifolia
'Brilliantissima'
(Brilliant Red Chokeberry)
Callicarpa
Callicarpa
dichotoma
(Purple Beautyberry)
Cornus
Cornus
kousa
(Kousa Dogwood )
Euonymus
Euonymus
japonicus
(Japanese Euonymus )
Euonymus
×
kiautschovicus
'Manhattan'
(Manhattan Spreading Euonymus)
Gaultheria
Gaultheria
miqueliana
(Miquel's Spicywintergreen )
Gaultheria
mucronata
(Chilean Pernettya)
Gaultheria
mucronata
Pink Snowdrop™
(Pink Snowdrop Chilean Pernettya)
Lonicera
Lonicera
tatarica
(Tatarian Honeysuckle )
Magnolia
Magnolia
×
loebneri
'Leonard Messel'
(Leonard Messel Magnolia)
Magnolia
salicifolia
(Willowleaf Magnolia )
Magnolia
×
soulangeana
(Saucer Magnolia)
Rhododendron (defines evaluations)
Rhododendron
davidsonianum
(Davidsonianum Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
occidentale
'Irene Koster'
(Irene Koster (Western) Azalea)
Rosa
Rosa
nutkana
(Nootka Rose )
Rosa
rugosa
(Rugosa Rose)
Sambucus
Sambucus
nigra
Black Beauty™
(Black Beauty Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
'Purpurea'
(Purpurea Elderberry )
Sorbus
Sorbus
poteriifolia
(Mountain Ash)
Symphoricarpos
Symphoricarpos
×
doorenbosii
(Doorenbos Snowberry )
Symphoricarpos
orbiculatus
(Indiancurrant Coralberry )
Tamarix
Tamarix
aphylla
(Athel Tamarix )
Tamarix
parviflora
(Small-flowered Tamarix )
Viburnum
Viburnum
×
burkwoodii
(Burkwood Viburnum)
Viburnum
×
burkwoodii
'Conoy'
(Conoy Viburnum)
Viburnum
cassinoides
(Witherod Viburnum )
Viburnum
×
juddii
(Judd Viburnum)
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
Viburnum
nudum
'Winterthur'
(Winterthur Smooth Witherod)
Viburnum
opulus
var.
sargentii
(Sargent Viburnum)
Viburnum
opulus
var.
sargentii
'Onondaga'
(Onondaga Viburnum )
Viburnum
prunifolium
(Blackhaw Viburnum)
Viburnum
tinus
(Laurustinus)
