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Broadleaf Plant Search
Clethra
Clethra
alnifolia
(Summersweet )
Clethra
alnifolia
'Ruby Spice'
(Ruby Spice Summersweet )
Crataegus
Crataegus
germanica
(Medlar)
Enkianthus
Enkianthus
campanulatus
(Redvein Enkianthus)
Exochorda
Exochorda
racemosa
(Common Pearlbush)
Franklinia
Franklinia
alatamaha
(Franklin Tree )
Hovenia
Hovenia
dulcis
(Japanese Raisintree )
Kerria
Kerria
japonica
'Albiflora'
(White Japanese Kerria, )
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
(hybrid)
(Hybrid Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
indica
(Common Crape Myrtle )
Leucothoe
Leucothoe
racemosa
(Sweetbells Leucothoe )
Loropetalum
Loropetalum
chinense
(Chinese Fringe-flower)
Maackia
Maackia
chinensis
(Chinese Maackia)
Magnolia
Magnolia
salicifolia
(Willowleaf Magnolia )
Menziesia
Menziesia
ciliicalyx
var.
multiflora
(Mock Azalea )
Neviusia
Neviusia
cliftonii
(Shasta Snowwreath)
Parkinsonia
Parkinsonia
microphyllum
(Littleleaf Palo Verde )
Parrotiopsis
Parrotiopsis
jacquemontiana
(No English common name )
Robinia
Robinia
neomexicana
(New Mexican Locust )
Salix
Salix
magnifica
(Magnolia-leaf Willow )
Stewartia
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Styrax
Styrax
japonicus
(Japanese Snowbell)
Styrax
japonicus
'Evening Light'
(Evening Light Japanese Snowbell)