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Aesculus
Aesculus
californica
(California Buckeye )
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Alnus
Alnus
alnobetula
subsp.
sinuata
(Sitka Alder )
Amelanchier
Amelanchier
×
grandiflora
(Apple Serviceberry)
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
× 'Austin Griffiths'
(Austin Griffiths Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
(Santa Cruz Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
manzanita
(Parry Manzanita )
Cercis
Cercis
canadensis
'Ruby Falls'
(Ruby Falls Weeping Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
mexicana
(Mexican Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
texensis
'Oklahoma'
(Oklahoma Redbud)
Cercis
siliquastrum
(Judus Tree )
Chilopsis
Chilopsis
linearis
(Desert Willow )
Cornus
Cornus
florida
(Flowering Dogwood )
Cornus
kousa
(Kousa Dogwood )
Crataegus
Crataegus
laevigata
(English Hawthorn )
Cydonia
Cydonia
oblonga
(Quince)
Daphniphyllum
Daphniphyllum
macropodum
(False Daphne )
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
syriacus
(Rose of Sharon )
Hydrangea
Hydrangea
paniculata
(Panicle Hydrangea)
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
(hybrid)
(Hybrid Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
chekiangensis
(Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
floribunda
(Asian Crape Myrtle )
Lagerstroemia
indica
(Common Crape Myrtle )
Magnolia
Magnolia
'Caerhays Belle'
(Caerhays Belle Magnolia)
Magnolia
liliiflora
(Lily Magnolia)
Magnolia
×
loebneri
(Loebner Magnolia)
Magnolia
×
loebneri
'Leonard Messel'
(Leonard Messel Magnolia)
Magnolia
×
soulangeana
(Saucer Magnolia)
Magnolia
stellata
(Star Magnolia)
Magnolia
stellata
'Rosea'
(Rosea Star Magnolia )
Malus
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Melaleuca
Melaleuca
nesophila
(Pink Melaleuca )
Myrtus
Myrtus
communis
(Common Myrtle )
Olneya
Olneya
tesota
(Ironwood)
Prunus
Prunus
subcordata
(Klamath Plum )
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Rhododendron (defines evaluations)
Rhododendron
arboreum
subsp.
cinnamomeum
(Cinnamon Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
hodgsonii
(Hodgson Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
irroratum
(Irroratum Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
macrophyllum
(Western Rhododendron)
Rhus
Rhus
ovata
(Sugar Bush)
Robinia
Robinia
neomexicana
(New Mexican Locust )
Sambucus
Sambucus
nigra
Black Beauty™
(Black Beauty Elderberry )
Styrax
Styrax
japonicus
'Pink Chimes'
(Pink Chimes Japanese Snowbell )
