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Broadleaf Plant Search
Adenium
Adenium
obesum
(Desert Rose )
Adenocarpus
Adenocarpus
decorticans
(Silver Broom )
Agave
Agave
macroacantha
(Black-spinned Agave)
Amorpha
Amorpha
nana
(Dwarf Wild Indigo )
Argyrocytisus
Argyrocytisus
battandieri
(Pineapple Broom )
Bauhinia
Bauhinia
variegata
(Orchid Tree )
Calycanthus
Calycanthus
floridus
(Carolina Allspice )
Calycanthus
×
raulstonii
'Hartlage Wine'
(Hartlage Wine Sweetbush )
Caragana
Caragana
arborescens
(Siberian Peashrub )
Caragana
arborescens
'Lorbergii'
(Lorberg Peashrub )
Caragana
frutex
'Globosa'
(Globe Russian Peashrub )
Caragana
pygmaea
(Pygmy Peashrub )
Ceratonia
Ceratonia
siliqua
(Carob )
Cercis
Cercis
canadensis
'Forest Pansy'
(Forest Pansy Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
alba
(White Flowered Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
mexicana
(Mexican Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
texensis
'Oklahoma'
(Oklahoma Redbud)
Cercis
chinensis
(Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
chinensis
'Avondale'
(Avondale Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
occidentalis
(Western Redbud )
Cercis
siliquastrum
(Judus Tree )
Chimonanthus
Chimonanthus
praecox
(Fragrant Wintersweet)
Cytisus
Cytisus
scoparius
(Scotch Broom )
Cytisus
scoparius
'Moonlight'
(Moonlight Scotch Broom)
Fremontodendron
Fremontodendron
(Flannel Bush )
Hakea
Hakea
microcarpa
(Small-fruited Hakea)
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
syriacus
(Rose of Sharon )
Holodiscus
Holodiscus
discolor
(Oceanspray )
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
chekiangensis
(Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
floribunda
(Asian Crape Myrtle )
Maackia
Maackia
chinensis
(Chinese Maackia)
Magnolia
Magnolia
salicifolia
(Willowleaf Magnolia )
Nerium
Nerium
oleander
(Oleander)
Olneya
Olneya
tesota
(Ironwood)
Parkinsonia
Parkinsonia
florida
(Blue Palo Verde)
Parkinsonia
microphyllum
(Littleleaf Palo Verde )
Parrotia
Parrotia
persica
(Persian Parrotia )
Pterostyrax
Pterostyrax
hispida
(Epaulette Tree )
Rhododendron (defines evaluations)
Rhododendron
groenlandicum
(Labrador-tea)
Robinia
Robinia
neomexicana
(New Mexican Locust )
Santolina
Santolina
virens
(Green Lavender Cotton )
Ulex
Ulex
europaeus
(Common Gorse )
Yucca
Yucca
filamentosa
(Adam's Needle Yucca)
Yucca
glauca
( Small Soapweed )
