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Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
× 'Austin Griffiths'
(Austin Griffiths Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
bakeri
subsp.
bakeri
(Baker Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
bakeri
subsp.
bakeri
'Louis Edmunds'
(Louis Edmunds Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
densiflora
(Sonoma Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
densiflora
'Howard McMinn'
(Howard McMinn Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
edmundsii
(Little Sur Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
hookeri
(Hooker's Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
hookeri
subsp.
franciscana
(Franciscan Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
manzanita
'St. Helena'
(St. Helena Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
montaraensis
(Montara Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
nevadensis
(Pinemat Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
(Pajaro Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
'Bretts Beauty'
(Brett's Beauty Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pungens
(Ponitleaf Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
refugioensis
(Refugio Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
rudis
(Shag Bark Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
viridissima
'White Cloud'
(White Cloud McMinn's Manzanita )
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Berberis
Berberis
thunbergii
(Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
'Aurea'
(Golden Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
Golden Nugget™
(Golden Nugget Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
'Kobold'
(Kobold Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
Sunsation™
(Sunsation Barberry)
Cornus
Cornus
controversa
(Giant Dogwood)
Cornus
controversa
'June Snow'
(June Snow Giant Dogwood)
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster
bullatus
(Hollyberry Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
congestus
(Pyrenees Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
dammeri
(Bearberry Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
dammeri
'Eichholz'
(Eichholz Cotoneaster )
Cotoneaster
dammeri
'Lowfast'
(Lowfast Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
divaricatus
(Spreading Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
franchetii
(Franchet Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
horizontalis
(Rockspray Cotoneaster )
Cotoneaster
intergerrimus
(European Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
lacteus
(Parney Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
microphyllus
(Littleleaf Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
microphyllus
'Cooperi'
(Cooperi Littleleaf Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
multiflorus
(Many-flowered Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
salicifolius
(Willowleaf Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
salicifolius
'Autumn Fire'
(Autumn Fire Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
simonsii
(Simons Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
×
suecicus
'Coral Beauty'
(Coral Beauty Cotoneaster)
Daphne
Daphne
caucasica
(Caucasian Daphne)
Daphne
mezereum
(February Daphne )
Daphne
odora
(Fragrant Daphne )
Magnolia
Magnolia
macrophylla
(Bigleaf Magnolia)
Magnolia
virginiana
(Sweetbay Magnolia)
Nandina
Nandina
domestica
(Heavenly Bamboo )
Nandina
domestica
'Filamentosa' none
Photinia
Photinia
davidiana
(Chinese Stranvaesia )
Photinia
davidiana
var.
undulata
(Wavy-leafed Chinese Stranvaesia)
Prunus
Prunus
laurocerasus
'Zabeliana'
(Zabel's Laurel)
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Pyracantha
Pyracantha
(Firethorn)
Pyracantha
koidzumii
(Formosan Firethorn)
Rhus
Rhus
integrifolia
(Lemonade Berry )
Rhus
ovata
(Sugar Bush)
Skimmia
Skimmia
japonica
(Japanese Skimmia)
Skimmia
reevesiana
(Reeves Skimmia)
Tasmannia
Tasmannia
lanceolata
(Mountain Pepper)
Thevetia
Thevetia
peruviana
(Yellow Oleander )