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Broadleaf Plant Search
Aesculus
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Baccharis
Baccharis
pilularis
(Coyote Bush )
Berberis
Berberis
fremontii
(Fremont Barberry )
Buddleia
Buddleia
globosa
(Orange Butterfly Bush )
Corylopsis
Corylopsis
(Winterhazel)
Corylopsis
pauciflora
(Buttercup Winterhazel)
Corylopsis
spicata
(Spike Winterhazel)
Enkianthus
Enkianthus
campanulatus
(Redvein Enkianthus)
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)
Hamamelis
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Arnold Promise'
(Arnold Promise Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Primivera'
(Primivera Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
vernalis
(Vernal Witchhazel )
Hamamelis
virginiana
(Common Witchhazel)
Hydrangea
Hydrangea
paniculata
(Panicle Hydrangea)
Kerria
Kerria
japonica
(Japanese Kerria )
Kerria
japonica
'Kin Kan'
(Kin Kan Japanese Kerria)
Kerria
japonica
'Pleniflora'
(Double Japanese Kerria)
Menziesia
Menziesia
ferruginea
(Rusty Menziesia )
Paeonia
Paeonia
lutea
subsp.
ludlowii
(Tibetan Peony )
Parrotiopsis
Parrotiopsis
jacquemontiana
(No English common name )
Rhododendron (defines evaluations)
Rhododendron
Tri Lights™
(Tri-Lights Azalea)
Rhus
Rhus
aromatica
(Fragrant Sumac)
Rhus
aromatica
'Gro-Low'
(Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac)
Rhus
glabra
(Smooth Sumac )
Rhus
trilobata
(Skunkbush Sumac )
Rhus
typhina
(Staghorn Sumac)
Rhus
typhina
'Laciniata'
(Laceleaf Staghorn Sumac)
Ribes
Ribes
aureum
(Golden Currant )
Ribes
×
gordonianum
(Gordon's Currant)
Ribes
odoratum
(Golden Currant )
Salix
Salix
caprea
'Kilmarnock'
(Kilmarnock Willow)
Sambucus
Sambucus
racemosa
(Red Elderberry)
Stachyurus
Stachyurus
praecox
(Early Spiketail)
Stewartia
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Viburnum
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
Viburnum
prunifolium
(Blackhaw Viburnum)
