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Adansonia
Adansonia
digitata
(Baobab)
Aleurites
Aleurites
moluccanus
(Candelnut)
Aleurites
rockinghamensis
(Candelnut)
Artocarpus
Artocarpus
altilis
(Breadfruit)
Castanea
Castanea
dentata
(American Chestnut)
Castanea
sativa
(European Chestnut )
Chitalpa
Chitalpa
tashkentensis
'Pink Dawn'
(Pink Dawn Chitalpa)
Daphniphyllum
Daphniphyllum
macropodium
(False Daphne )
Drimys
Drimys
winteri
(Winter's Bark )
Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya
japonica
(Loquat)
Fatshedera
Fatshedera
lizei
(Fatshedera )
Fatsia
Fatsia
japonica
(Japanese Fatsia)
Fatsia
japonica
'Spider's Web'
(Spider's Web Japanese Fatsia)
Fatsia
japonica
'Variegata'
(Variegated Japanese Fatsia)
Firmiana
Firmiana
simplex
(Chinese Parasol Tree )
Idesia
Idesia
polycarpa
(Iigiri Tree )
Kalopanax
Kalopanax
septemlobus
(Castor-aralia )
Magnolia
Magnolia
'Butterflies'
(Butterflies Magnolia)
Magnolia
'Caerhays Belle'
(Caerhays Belle Magnolia)
Magnolia
'Elizabeth'
(Elizabeth Magnolia)
Magnolia
acuminata
(Cucumber Magnolia )
Magnolia
campbellii
(Campbell's Magnolia )
Magnolia
grandiflora
(Southern Magnolia )
Magnolia
insignis
(Red Lotus Tree)
Magnolia
macrophylla
(Bigleaf Magnolia)
Magnolia
sargentiana
var.
robusta
(Sargent's Magnolia)
Magnolia
tripetala
(Umbrella Magnolia )
Oplopanax
Oplopanax
horridus
(Devil's Club)
Populus
Populus
balsamifera
(Balsam Poplar)
Prunus
Prunus
avium
(Sweet Cherry)
Rhododendron
Rhododendron
'Anna Rose Whitney'
(Anna Rose Whitney Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Argosy'
(Argosy Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Beauty of Littleworth'
(Beauty of Littleworth Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Bibiani'
(Bibiani Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Cynthia'
(Cynthia Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Horizon Monarch'
(Horizon Monarch Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Loderi hybrid'
(Loderi Hybrid Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Pink Walloper'
(Pink Walloper Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Point Defiance'
(Point Defiance Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'Taurus'
(Taurus Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
'The Honourable Jean Marie de Montague'
(Jean Marie Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
auriculatum
(No common name (R. auriculatum))
Rhododendron
falconeri
subsp.
falconeri
(Falconer Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
fortunei
subsp.
discolor
(Fortune Discolor)
Rhododendron
hodgsonii
(Hodgson Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
lacteum
(Lacteum Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
macabeanum
(Macabeanum Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
niveum
(Niveum Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
sinofalconeri
(Sinofalconer Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
sinogrande
(Sinogrande Rhododendron)
Rubus
Rubus
odoratus
(Flowering Raspberry )
Rubus
parviflorus
(Thimbleberry )
Salix
Salix
magnifica
(Magnolia-leaf Willow )
Styrax
Styrax
obassia
(Fragrant Snowbell)
Tilia
Tilia
americana
(American Linden )
Tilia
americana
'Continental Appeal'
(Continental Appeal Linden )
Trachycarpus
Trachycarpus
fortunei
(Chinese Windmill Palm )
Washingtonia
Washingtonia
filifera
(California Fan Palm )