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Acer
Acer
ginnala
(Amur Maple)
Adansonia
Adansonia
digitata
(Baobab)
Aesculus
Aesculus
californica
(California Buckeye )
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
hippocastanum
(Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
hippocastanum
'Baumannii'
(Double Horsechestnut )
Aleurites
Aleurites
moluccanus
(Candelnut)
Aleurites
rockinghamensis
(Candelnut)
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
(Santa Cruz Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
manzanita
(Parry Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
manzanita
'St. Helena'
(St. Helena Manzanita)
Castanea
Castanea
dentata
(American Chestnut)
Castanea
mollissima
(Chinese Chestnut)
Castanea
sativa
(European Chestnut )
Catalpa
Catalpa
bignonioides
(Southern Catalpa )
Catalpa
×
erubescens
'Purpurea'
(Purple Catalpa)
Catalpa
speciosa
(Northern Catalpa )
Cladrastis
Cladrastis
kentukea
(American Yellowwood)
Crataegus
Crataegus
germanica
(Medlar)
Davidia
Davidia
involucrata
(Dove Tree )
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
urnigera
(Urn Gum)
Exochorda
Exochorda
racemosa
(Common Pearlbush)
Franklinia
Franklinia
alatamaha
(Franklin Tree )
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
ornus
(Flowering Ash)
Fraxinus
sieboldiana
(Siebold Ash, )
Gleditsia
Gleditsia
macracantha
(Large Spined Honeylocust)
Halesia
Halesia
carolina
(Carolina Silverbell )
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
syriacus
(Rose of Sharon )
Hovenia
Hovenia
dulcis
(Japanese Raisintree )
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
(hybrid)
(Hybrid Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
chekiangensis
(Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
fauriei
(Japanese Crepe Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
floribunda
(Asian Crape Myrtle )
Lagerstroemia
indica
(Common Crape Myrtle )
Maackia
Maackia
amurensis
(Amur Maackia)
Maackia
chinensis
(Chinese Maackia)
Magnolia
Magnolia
denudata
(Yulan Magnolia)
Magnolia
lotungensis
(Eastern Joy Lotus Tree)
Magnolia
macrophylla
(Bigleaf Magnolia)
Magnolia
salicifolia
(Willowleaf Magnolia )
Olneya
Olneya
tesota
(Ironwood)
Oxydendrum
Oxydendrum
arboreum
(Sourwood )
Parkinsonia
Parkinsonia
microphyllum
(Littleleaf Palo Verde )
Pittosporum
Pittosporum
tobira
(Japanese Mock Orange )
Pterostyrax
Pterostyrax
hispida
(Epaulette Tree )
Purshia
Purshia
stansburiana
(Cliffrose)
Pyrus
Pyrus
calleryana
(Callery Pear)
Pyrus
calleryana
Chanticleer®
(Chanticleer Pear)
Pyrus
fauriei
Korean Sun™
(Korean Sun Pear)
Pyrus
salicifolia
'Pendula'
(Weeping Willow-leaved Pear)
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Robinia
Robinia
neomexicana
(New Mexican Locust )
Robinia
pseudoacacia
'Frisia'
(Frisia Black Locust)
Salix
Salix
magnifica
(Magnolia-leaf Willow )
Stewartia
Stewartia
koreana
(Korean Stewartia)
Stewartia
monadelpha
(Tall Stewartia)
Stewartia
pseudocamellia
(Japanese Stewartia)
Stewartia
rostrata
(Rostrata Stewartia)
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Styphnolobium
Styphnolobium
japonicum
(Japanese Pagodatree )
Styphnolobium
japonicum
Millstone™
(Millstone Japanese Pagodatree)
Styphnolobium
japonicum
'Pendula'
(Weeping Scholar-tree )
Styrax
Styrax
japonicus
(Japanese Snowbell)
Styrax
japonicus
'Evening Light'
(Evening Light Japanese Snowbell)
Toona
Toona
sinensis
(Chinese Toon )
Washingtonia
Washingtonia
filifera
(California Fan Palm )
Yucca
Yucca
rostrata
(Big Bend Yucca )