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Additional Information
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Amelanchier
Amelanchier
×
grandiflora
(Apple Serviceberry)
Amelanchier
×
grandiflora
Autumn Brilliance®
(Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry)
Amelanchier
×
grandiflora
'Forest Prince'
(Forest Prince Serviceberry)
Amelanchier
laevis
(Allegheny Serviceberry )
Arbutus
Arbutus
unedo
(Strawberry Tree )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
× 'Austin Griffiths'
(Austin Griffiths Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
(Santa Cruz Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
manzanita
'St. Helena'
(St. Helena Manzanita)
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Cornus
Cornus
controversa
(Giant Dogwood)
Cornus
controversa
'June Snow'
(June Snow Giant Dogwood)
Corylus
Corylus
avellana
'Red Dragon'
(Red Dragon Hazelnut)
Corylus
avellana
'Rote Zeller'
(Rote Zeller Hazelnut)
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster
salicifolius
(Willowleaf Cotoneaster)
Crataegus
Crataegus
crus-galli
(Cockspur Hawthorn)
Crataegus
×
lavallei
(Lavalle Hawthorn)
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus
umbellata
(Autumn Elaeagnus )
Gevuina
Gevuina
avellana
(Chilean hazelnut)
Heteromeles
Heteromeles
arbutifolia
(Toyon )
Idesia
Idesia
polycarpa
(Iigiri Tree )
Ilex
Ilex
paraguariensis
(Yerba Matá )
Magnolia
Magnolia
macrophylla
(Bigleaf Magnolia)
Magnolia
virginiana
(Sweetbay Magnolia)
Malus
Malus
'Indian Summer'
(Indian Summer Crabapple)
Malus
'Prairifire'
(Prairifire Crabapple)
Malus
'Snowdrift'
(Snowdrift Crabapple)
Malus
atrosanguinea
(Carmine Crabapple)
Malus
floribunda
(Japanese Flowering Crabapple)
Malus
×
robusta
(Cherry Crabapple)
Malus
sargentii
(Sargent Crabapple )
Malus
transitoria
(Transitoria Crabapple )
Photinia
Photinia
serratifolia
(Chinese Photinia )
Prunus
Prunus
'Dream Catcher'
(Dream Catcher Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
'First Lady'
(First Lady Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
Snow Fountains®
(Snow Fountains Weeping Cherry )
Prunus
americana
(Wild Plum )
Prunus
armeniaca
(Apricot)
Prunus
armeniaca
'Goldcot'
(Goldcot Apricot)
Prunus
avium
(Sweet Cherry)
Prunus
×
blireiana
(Blireiana Plum)
Prunus
cerasifera
(Cherry Plum)
Prunus
ilicifolia
(Hollyleaf Cherry )
Prunus
laurocerasus
(Cherry Laurel )
Prunus
lusitanica
(Portuguese Cherry Laurel .)
Prunus
maackii
(Amur Chokecherry )
Prunus
mume
(Japanese Apricotc )
Prunus
mume
'Peggy Clarke'
(Peggy Clarke Japanese Flowering Apricot)
Prunus
mume
'Trumpet'
(Trumpet Japanese Flowering Apricot)
Prunus
virginiana
var.
virginiana
(Common Chokecherry)
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Rhus
Rhus
ovata
(Sugar Bush)
Sorbus
Sorbus
alnifolia
(Korean Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
aucuparia
(European Mountain Ash)
Sorbus
aucuparia
Cardinal Royal™
(Cardinal Royal Mountain Ash)
Sorbus
yunan
(Sorbus yunan (no English common name))
Stewartia
Stewartia
rostrata
(Rostrata Stewartia)
Tasmannia
Tasmannia
lanceolata
(Mountain Pepper)