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monspessulanum
(Montpellier Maple)
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platanoides
'Crimson King'
(Crimson King Norway Maple)
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Emerald Carousel™
(Emerald Carousel Barberry)
Berberis
fremontii
(Fremont Barberry )
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thunbergii
(Japanese Barberry)
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'Aurea'
(Golden Japanese Barberry)
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Golden Nugget™
(Golden Nugget Barberry)
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'Kobold'
(Kobold Japanese Barberry)
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Sunsation™
(Sunsation Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
(Purple (Red) Leafed Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
'Crimson Pigmy'
(Crimson Pigmy Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
'Golden Ring'
(Golden Ring Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
'Rose Glow'
(Rose Glow Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
var.
atropurpurea
Royal Burgundy™
(Royal Burgundy Barberry)
Caragana
Caragana
arborescens
(Siberian Peashrub )
Caragana
arborescens
'Lorbergii'
(Lorberg Peashrub )
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Cornus
controversa
'June Snow'
(June Snow Giant Dogwood)
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mas
(Corneliancherry Dogwood)
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officinalis
(Japanese Cornelian Dogwood )
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Ephedra
equisetina
(Bluestem Joint Fir )
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viridis
(Green Mormon Tea )
Hypericum
Hypericum
androsaemum
(Tutsan)
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Idesia
polycarpa
(Iigiri Tree )
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ciliosa
(Western Trumpet Honeysuckle)
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involucrata
(Twinberry )
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maackii
(Amur Honeysuckle )
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granatum
(Pomegranate)
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aromatica
(Fragrant Sumac)
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(Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac)
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glabra
(Smooth Sumac )
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trilobata
(Skunkbush Sumac )
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typhina
(Staghorn Sumac)
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typhina
'Laciniata'
(Laceleaf Staghorn Sumac)
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aureum
(Golden Currant )
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Sambucus
racemosa
(Red Elderberry)
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praecox
(Early Spiketail)
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rostrata
(Rostrata Stewartia)
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Symphoricarpos
orbiculatus
(Indiancurrant Coralberry )
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daniellii
(Korean Evodia )
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cassinoides
(Witherod Viburnum )
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
Viburnum
nudum
'Winterthur'
(Winterthur Smooth Witherod)
