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Broadleaf Plant Search
Acer
Acer
opalus
subsp.
obtusatum
(Bosnian Maple)
Aesculus
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 )
Chimonanthus
Chimonanthus
praecox
(Fragrant Wintersweet)
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
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 )
Viburnum
Viburnum
cassinoides
(Witherod Viburnum )
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
Viburnum
nudum
'Winterthur'
(Winterthur Smooth Witherod)
Viburnum
prunifolium
(Blackhaw Viburnum)
