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Aesculus
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
flava
(Yellow Buckeye )
Aesculus
glabra
(Ohio Buckeye )
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Agave
Agave
colorata
(Mescal Ceniza )
Agave
shawii
(Shaw's Agave)
Azadirachta
Azadirachta
indica
(Neem )
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Berberis
Berberis
buxifolia
'Nana'
(Dwarf Magellan Barberry )
Berberis
jamesiana
(James Barberry)
Berberis
julianae
(Wintergreen Barberry)
Berberis
pruinosa
(Pruinosa Barberry)
Berberis
replicata
(Evergreen Barberry)
Berberis
triacanthophora
(Threespine Barberry )
Berberis
verruculosa
(Warty Barberry)
Brachyglottis
Brachyglottis
greyi
(Daisy Bush)
Corylopsis
Corylopsis
(Winterhazel)
Corylopsis
pauciflora
(Buttercup Winterhazel)
Corylopsis
spicata
(Spike Winterhazel)
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus
umbellata
(Autumn Elaeagnus )
Enkianthus
Enkianthus
campanulatus
(Redvein Enkianthus)
Forestiera
Forestiera
pubescens
(Desert Olive)
Idesia
Idesia
polycarpa
(Iigiri Tree )
Mahonia
Mahonia
aquifolium
(Oregon Grape )
Mahonia
aquifolium
'Compacta'
(Compact Oregon Grape)
Mahonia
lomariifolia
(Chinese Mahonia )
Mahonia
×
media
'Arthur Menzies'
(Arthur Menzies Mahonia)
Mahonia
nervosa
(Longleaf Mahonia )
Mahonia
pinnata
(California Barberry )
Mahonia
pinnata
subsp.
insularis
(Island Barberry)
Mahonia
repens
(Creeping Mahonia)
Menziesia
Menziesia
ferruginea
(Rusty Menziesia )
Morella
Morella
californica
(Pacific Waxmyrtle )
Rhus
Rhus
glabra
(Smooth Sumac )
Rhus
typhina
(Staghorn Sumac)
Sambucus
Sambucus
racemosa
(Red Elderberry)
Stachyurus
Stachyurus
praecox
(Early Spiketail)
Stewartia
Stewartia
koreana
(Korean Stewartia)
Stewartia
monadelpha
(Tall Stewartia)
Stewartia
pseudocamellia
(Japanese Stewartia)
Stewartia
rostrata
(Rostrata Stewartia)
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Tilia
Tilia
americana
(American Linden )
Tilia
americana
'Continental Appeal'
(Continental Appeal Linden )
Tilia
cordata
(Littleleaf Linden)
Tilia
cordata
Greenspire®
(Greenspire Littleleaf Linden)
Tilia
×
euchlora
(Crimean Linden)
Tilia
×
europaea
(European Linden )
Tilia
mongolica
(Mongolian Linden)
Tilia
tomentosa
(Silver Linden)
Viburnum
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
Viburnum
prunifolium
(Blackhaw Viburnum)
Viburnum
rhytidophyllum
(Leatherleaf Viburnum)
