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Aesculus
Aesculus
californica
(California Buckeye )
Aesculus
hippocastanum
'Baumannii'
(Double Horsechestnut )
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Alnus
Alnus
alnobetula
subsp.
sinuata
(Sitka Alder )
Amelanchier
Amelanchier
×
grandiflora
(Apple Serviceberry)
Ceiba
Ceiba
speciosa
(Floss Silk Tree)
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
(Katsura )
Crataegus
Crataegus
laevigata
(English Hawthorn )
Crataegus
laevigata
Crimson Cloud™
(Crimson Cloud Hawthorn)
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
syriacus
(Rose of Sharon )
Hydrangea
Hydrangea
paniculata
(Panicle Hydrangea)
Malus
Malus
Brandywine®
(Brandywine Crabapple)
Malus
atrosanguinea
(Carmine Crabapple)
Malus
floribunda
(Japanese Flowering Crabapple)
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Prunus
Prunus
'Accolade'
(Accolade Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
Cascade Snow™
(Cascade Snow Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
'Dream Catcher'
(Dream Catcher Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
'First Lady'
(First Lady Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
'Okame'
(Okame Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
armeniaca
(Apricot)
Prunus
×
blireiana
(Blireiana Plum)
Prunus
mume
(Japanese Apricotc )
Prunus
mume
'Peggy Clarke'
(Peggy Clarke Japanese Flowering Apricot)
Prunus
mume
'Trumpet'
(Trumpet Japanese Flowering Apricot)
Prunus
sargentii
(Sargent Cherry)
Prunus
sargentii
'Columnaris'
(Columnar Sargent Cherry)
Prunus
serrulata
(Japanese Flowering Cherry )
Prunus
serrulata
'Kanzan'
(Kanzan Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
serrulata
'Mt. Fuji'
(Mt. Fuji Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
serrulata
'Shiro-fugen'
(Shiro-fugen Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
serrulata
'Shogetsu'
(Shogetsu Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
serrulata
'Ukon'
(Ukon Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
subcordata
(Klamath Plum )
Prunus
subhirtella
(Higan Cherry)
Prunus
subhirtella
'Pendula'
(Weeping Higan Cherry)
Prunus
subhirtella
'Whitcomb'
(Whitcomb Flowering Higan Cherry)
Prunus
subhirtella
'Yae-shidare-higan'
(Yae-shedare Higan Cherry )
Prunus
subhirtella
var.
autumnalis
(Autumn Flowering Higan Cherry)
Prunus
×
yedoensis
(Yoshino Cherry )
Prunus
×
yedoensis
'Akebono'
(Akebono Yoshino Cherry)
Sambucus
Sambucus
nigra
Black Beauty™
(Black Beauty Elderberry )
Styrax
Styrax
japonicus
'Pink Chimes'
(Pink Chimes Japanese Snowbell )