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Adansonia
Adansonia
digitata
(Baobab)
Albizia
Albizia
julibrissin
(Silk Tree )
Albizia
julibrissin
'Summer Chocolate'
(Summer Chocolate Silk Tree)
Aleurites
Aleurites
moluccanus
(Candelnut)
Argyrocytisus
Argyrocytisus
battandieri
(Pineapple Broom )
Caragana
Caragana
arborescens
(Siberian Peashrub )
Catalpa
Catalpa
bignonioides
(Southern Catalpa )
Catalpa
×
erubescens
'Purpurea'
(Purple Catalpa)
Catalpa
speciosa
(Northern Catalpa )
Ceiba
Ceiba
speciosa
(Floss Silk Tree)
Ceratonia
Ceratonia
siliqua
(Carob )
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
(Katsura )
Cercis
Cercis
canadensis
(Eastern Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
'Forest Pansy'
(Forest Pansy Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
'Ruby Falls'
(Ruby Falls Weeping Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
alba
(White Flowered Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
mexicana
(Mexican Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
texensis
'Oklahoma'
(Oklahoma Redbud)
Cercis
chinensis
'Avondale'
(Avondale Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
siliquastrum
(Judus Tree )
Chilopsis
Chilopsis
linearis
(Desert Willow )
Cladrastis
Cladrastis
kentukea
(American Yellowwood)
Cornus
Cornus
florida
(Flowering Dogwood )
Cornus
florida
'Golden Nugget'
(Golden Nugget Dogwood)
Cornus
florida
'Welchii'
(Tricolor Dogwood )
Cornus
mas
(Corneliancherry Dogwood)
Cornus
nuttallii
'Goldspot'
(Goldspot Dogwood, )
Cornus
officinalis
(Japanese Cornelian Dogwood )
Cotinus
Cotinus
obovatus
(American Smoketree )
Delonix
Delonix
regia
(Royal Poinciana)
Dermatophyllum
Dermatophyllum
secundiflorum
(Mescal Bean )
Fremontodendron
Fremontodendron
(Flannel Bush )
Laburnum
Laburnum
×
watereri
(Goldenchain Tree )
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
chekiangensis
(Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
floribunda
(Asian Crape Myrtle )
Maackia
Maackia
amurensis
(Amur Maackia)
Maackia
chinensis
(Chinese Maackia)
Magnolia
Magnolia
'Caerhays Belle'
(Caerhays Belle Magnolia)
Magnolia
acuminata
(Cucumber Magnolia )
Magnolia
campbellii
(Campbell's Magnolia )
Magnolia
denudata
(Yulan Magnolia)
Magnolia
ernestii
(Yellow Lily Tree)
Magnolia
grandiflora
(Southern Magnolia )
Magnolia
insignis
(Red Lotus Tree)
Magnolia
kobus
(Kobus Magnolia)
Magnolia
liliiflora
(Lily Magnolia)
Magnolia
lotungensis
(Eastern Joy Lotus Tree)
Magnolia
salicifolia
(Willowleaf Magnolia )
Magnolia
sargentiana
var.
robusta
(Sargent's Magnolia)
Magnolia
sieboldii
(Siebold Magnolia )
Magnolia
×
soulangeana
(Saucer Magnolia)
Magnolia
stellata
(Star Magnolia)
Magnolia
stellata
'Rosea'
(Rosea Star Magnolia )
Magnolia
tripetala
(Umbrella Magnolia )
Magnolia
virginiana
(Sweetbay Magnolia)
Malus
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Melaleuca
Melaleuca
nesophila
(Pink Melaleuca )
Olneya
Olneya
tesota
(Ironwood)
Oxydendrum
Oxydendrum
arboreum
(Sourwood )
Parkinsonia
Parkinsonia
florida
(Blue Palo Verde)
Parkinsonia
microphyllum
(Littleleaf Palo Verde )
Parrotia
Parrotia
persica
(Persian Parrotia )
Prunus
Prunus
emarginata
(Bitter Cherry )
Robinia
Robinia
neomexicana
(New Mexican Locust )
Robinia
pseudoacacia
(Black Locust)
Robinia
pseudoacacia
'Frisia'
(Frisia Black Locust)
Spathodea
Spathodea
campanulata
(African Tulip Tree)
Styphnolobium
Styphnolobium
japonicum
(Japanese Pagodatree )
Styphnolobium
japonicum
Millstone™
(Millstone Japanese Pagodatree)
Toona
Toona
sinensis
(Chinese Toon )
Yucca
Yucca
brevifolia
(Joshua Tree)