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Broadleaf Plant Search
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
insularis
(Island Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
montaraensis
(Montara Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
(Pajaro Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
'Bretts Beauty'
(Brett's Beauty Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
refugioensis
(Refugio Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
tomentosa
(Wolly Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
viridissima
'White Cloud'
(White Cloud McMinn's Manzanita )
Baccharis
Baccharis
pilularis
(Coyote Bush )
Carpenteria
Carpenteria
californica
(Bush Anemone)
Ceanothus
Ceanothus
cuneatus
(Narrowleaf Buckbrush )
Ceanothus
cuneatus
var.
rigidus
'Snowball'
(Snowball Ceanothus)
Ceanothus
integerrimus
(Deer Brush)
Chionanthus
Chionanthus
retusus
(Chinese Fringetree)
Cistus
Cistus
'Snow Fire'
(Snow Fire Rockrose)
Cistus
×
dansereaui
'Decumbens'
(Decumbens Rockrose)
Crataegus
Crataegus
germanica
(Medlar)
Fothergilla
Fothergilla
gardenii
(Dwarf Fothergilla)
Leucothoe
Leucothoe
axillaris
(Coast Leucothoen )
Leycesteria
Leycesteria
formosa
(Pheasant-eye )
Loropetalum
Loropetalum
chinense
(Chinese Fringe-flower)
Luma
Luma
apiculata
(Arrayan )
Notholithocarpus
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
var.
echinoides
(Shrub Tanoak )
Osmanthus
Osmanthus
×
burkwoodii
(Burkwood Osmanthus)
Osmanthus
×
fortunei
(Fortune's Osmanthus)
Osmanthus
fragrans
(Fragrant Tea Olive, )
Osmanthus
heterophyllus
(Holly Osmanthus )
Pieris
Pieris
formosa
var.
forrestii
(Chinese Pieris )
Prunus
Prunus
caroliniana
(Carolina Cherrylaurel )
Pyracantha
Pyracantha
(Firethorn)
Pyracantha
koidzumii
(Formosan Firethorn)
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Rhaphiolepis
Rhaphiolepis
umbellata
'Minor'
(Dwarf Yeddo Rhaphiolepis)
Salix
Salix
magnifica
(Magnolia-leaf Willow )
Spiraea
Spiraea
nipponica
(Nippon Spirea)
Stewartia
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Vaccinium
Vaccinium
corymbosum
(Highbush Blueberry)
Viburnum
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
