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Aesculus
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
pavia
(Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Arbutus
Arbutus
unedo
(Strawberry Tree )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
(Santa Cruz Manzanita )
Chionanthus
Chionanthus
retusus
(Chinese Fringetree)
Corylus
Corylus
avellana
(Hazelnut )
Corylus
avellana
'Rote Zeller'
(Rote Zeller Hazelnut)
Crataegus
Crataegus
columbiana
(Columbia Hawthorn)
Crataegus
douglasii
(Douglas Hawthorn )
Crataegus
laevigata
(English Hawthorn )
Crinodendron
Crinodendron
hookerianum
(Chilean Lantern Tree)
Franklinia
Franklinia
alatamaha
(Franklin Tree )
Malus
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Photinia
Photinia
serratifolia
(Chinese Photinia )
Poncirus
Poncirus
trifoliata
(Trifoliate Orange )
Poncirus
trifoliata
'Flying Dragon'
(Flying Dragon Trifoliate Orange)
Prunus
Prunus
americana
(Wild Plum )
Prunus
emarginata
(Bitter Cherry )
Prunus
laurocerasus
(Cherry Laurel )
Prunus
lusitanica
(Portuguese Cherry Laurel .)
Prunus
subcordata
(Klamath Plum )
Prunus
virginiana
'Canada Red'
(Canada Red Chokecherry)
Prunus
virginiana
var.
virginiana
(Common Chokecherry)
Sambucus
Sambucus
cerulea
(Blue Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
(Common Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
Black Beauty™
(Black Beauty Elderberry )
Sambucus
racemosa
(Red Elderberry)
Sorbus
Sorbus
scopulina
(Greene Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
sitchensis
(Sitka Mountain Ash )
Styrax
Styrax
japonicus
(Japanese Snowbell)
Styrax
japonicus
'Evening Light'
(Evening Light Japanese Snowbell)
Styrax
japonicus
'Pink Chimes'
(Pink Chimes Japanese Snowbell )
Viburnum
Viburnum
awabuki
(Sweet Viburnum)
Viburnum
lentago
(Nannyberry )
Viburnum
rufidulum
(Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum )
Viburnum
rufidulum
'Royal Guard'
(Royal Guard Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum )
