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Aesculus
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Agave
Agave
colorata
(Mescal Ceniza )
Agave
shawii
(Shaw's Agave)
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Berberis
Berberis
buxifolia
'Nana'
(Dwarf Magellan Barberry )
Berberis
darwinii
(Darwin Barberry)
Berberis
fremontii
(Fremont Barberry )
Berberis
jamesiana
(James Barberry)
Berberis
julianae
(Wintergreen Barberry)
Berberis
×
mentorensis
(Mentor 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)
Mahonia
Mahonia
lomariifolia
(Chinese Mahonia )
Mahonia
×
media
'Arthur Menzies'
(Arthur Menzies Mahonia)
Mahonia
pinnata
(California Barberry )
Mahonia
pinnata
subsp.
insularis
(Island Barberry)
Rhus
Rhus
aromatica
(Fragrant Sumac)
Rhus
aromatica
'Gro-Low'
(Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac)
Rhus
typhina
(Staghorn Sumac)
Rhus
typhina
'Laciniata'
(Laceleaf Staghorn Sumac)
Ribes
Ribes
odoratum
(Golden Currant )
Stachyurus
Stachyurus
praecox
(Early Spiketail)
Stewartia
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Viburnum
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
Viburnum
prunifolium
(Blackhaw Viburnum)
Viburnum
rhytidophyllum
(Leatherleaf Viburnum)
