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Aesculus
Aesculus
californica
(California Buckeye )
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
parviflora
(Bottlebrush Buckeye)
Aesculus
pavia
(Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
pavia
'Humilis'
(Dwarf Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Berberis
Berberis
jamesiana
(James Barberry)
Callicarpa
Callicarpa
americana
(American Beautyberry )
Callicarpa
bodinieri
'Profusion'
(Profusion Beautyberry)
Callicarpa
dichotoma
(Purple Beautyberry)
Callicarpa
dichotoma
'Albifructus'
(White Fruited Beautyberry)
Callicarpa
japonica
(Japanese Beautyberry)
Calluna
Calluna
vulgaris
(Scotch Heather )
Calluna
vulgaris
'Firefly'
(Firefly Scotch Heather)
Calluna
vulgaris
'Robert Chapman'
(Robert Chapman Scotch Heather)
Calluna
vulgaris
'Wickwar Flame'
(Wickwar Flame Scotch Heather)
Carissa
Carissa
macrocarpa
(Natal Plum)
Ceanothus
Ceanothus
'Dark Star'
(Dark Star Ceanothus)
Ceanothus
cuneatus
(Narrowleaf Buckbrush )
Ceanothus
cuneatus
var.
rigidus
'Snowball'
(Snowball Ceanothus)
Ceanothus
gloriosus
(Point Reyes Ceanothus )
Ceanothus
impressus
(Santa Barbara Ceanothus)
Cephalanthus
Cephalanthus
occidentalis
(Buttonbush )
Chionanthus
Chionanthus
retusus
(Chinese Fringetree)
Chionanthus
virginicus
(White Fringetree)
Choisya
Choisya
ternata
(Mexican Orange)
Choisya
ternata
'Sundance'
(Sundance Mexican Orange )
Clerodendrum
Clerodendrum
trichotomum
(Harlequin Glorybower )
Cornus
Cornus
alba
(Tatarian Dogwood )
Cornus
amomum
(Silky Dogwood)
Cornus
capitata
(Evergreen Dogwood )
Cornus
drummondii
(Rough-leaved Dogwood)
Cornus
florida
(Flowering Dogwood )
Cornus
kousa
(Kousa Dogwood )
Cornus
kousa
'Radiant Rose'
(Radiant Rose Dogwood)
Cornus
mas
(Corneliancherry Dogwood)
Cornus
officinalis
(Japanese Cornelian Dogwood )
Cornus
racemosa
(Gray Dogwood )
Cornus
sanguinea
(Bloodtwig Dogwood)
Cornus
sanguinea
'Midwinter Fire'
(Midwinter Fire Dogwood)
Cornus
sericea
(Redosier Dogwood )
Cornus
sericea
subsp.
occidentalis
(Western Dogwood)
Cornus
sericea
subsp.
sericea
(Redosier Dogwood)
Cornus
sericea
subsp.
sericea
'Flaviramea'
(Golden Twig Dogwood )
Cornus
sericea
subsp.
sericea
'Hessei'
(Siberian Dogwood )
Crinodendron
Crinodendron
hookerianum
(Chilean Lantern Tree)
Daphne
Daphne
genkwa
(Lilac Daphne)
Deutzia
Deutzia
gracilis
(Slender Deutzia)
Deutzia
gracilis
'Nikko'
(Nikko Slender Deutzia)
Deutzia
×
kalmiiflora
(Kalmia Flowered Deutzia)
Deutzia
paviflora
var.
amurensis
(Amur Deutzia)
Deutzia
scabra
'Flore-pleno'
(Flore-pleno Fuzzy Deutzia)
Deutzia
scabra
'Godsall Pink'
(Godsall Pink Fuzzy Deutzia)
Ephedra
Ephedra
fasciculata
(Arizona Ephedra )
Ephedra
viridis
(Green Mormon Tea )
Euonymus
Euonymus
japonicus
(Japanese Euonymus )
Euonymus
×
kiautschovicus
'Manhattan'
(Manhattan Spreading Euonymus)
Feijoa
Feijoa
sellowiana
(Pineapple Guava )
Forestiera
Forestiera
pubescens
(Desert Olive)
Garrya
Garrya
elliptica
(Wavyleaf Silktassel )
Garrya
flavescens
(Yellowleaf Silktassel )
Garrya
fremontii
(Fremont Silktassel )
Heptacodium
Heptacodium
miconioides
(Seven Sons Flower )
Hypericum
Hypericum
androsaemum
(Tutsan)
Hypericum
kouytchense
(Kouytchense Hypericum)
Jasminum
Jasminum
polyanthum
(Pink Jasmine )
Kalmia
Kalmia
polifolia
(Bog Laurel )
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
indica
(Common Crape Myrtle )
Larrea
Larrea
tridentata
(Creosote Bush)
Leycesteria
Leycesteria
formosa
(Pheasant-eye )
Ligustrum
Ligustrum
japonicum
(Japanese Privet, )
Ligustrum
ovalifolium
'Aureum'
(Golden Privet)
Ligustrum
sinense
(Chinese Privet)
Lonicera
Lonicera
fragrantissima
(Winter Honeysuckle )
Lonicera
hispidula
(Pink Honeysuckle )
Lonicera
involucrata
(Twinberry )
Lonicera
japonica
(Japanese Honeysuckle)
Lonicera
maackii
(Amur Honeysuckle )
Lonicera
tatarica
(Tatarian Honeysuckle )
Lonicera
tatarica
'Arnold Red'
(Arnold Red Tatarian Honeysuckle)
Luma
Luma
apiculata
(Arrayan )
Myrtus
Myrtus
communis
(Common Myrtle )
Myrtus
communis
'Compacta'
(Dwarf Myrtle)
Osmanthus
Osmanthus
×
burkwoodii
(Burkwood Osmanthus)
Osmanthus
delavayi
(Delavay Osmanthus )
Osmanthus
×
fortunei
(Fortune's Osmanthus)
Osmanthus
fragrans
(Fragrant Tea Olive, )
Osmanthus
heterophyllus
(Holly Osmanthus )
Philadelphus
Philadelphus
lewisii
(Wild Mockorange )
Philadelphus
lewisii
'Goose Creek'
(Goose Creek Mockorange )
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Punica
granatum
var.
nana
(Dwarf Pomegranate)
Rhodotypos
Rhodotypos
scandens
(Black Jetbead)
Rosmarinus
Rosmarinus
officinalis
(Rosemary)
Sambucus
Sambucus
cerulea
(Blue Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
Black Beauty™
(Black Beauty Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
'Purpurea'
(Purpurea Elderberry )
Sambucus
racemosa
(Red Elderberry)
Symphoricarpos
Symphoricarpos
albus
(Common Snowberry)
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