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Adenium
Adenium
obesum
(Desert Rose )
Andromeda
Andromeda
polifolia
(Bog Rosemary)
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
× 'Austin Griffiths'
(Austin Griffiths Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
bakeri
subsp.
bakeri
(Baker Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
bakeri
subsp.
bakeri
'Louis Edmunds'
(Louis Edmunds Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
canescens
(Hoary Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
confertiflora
(Santa Rosa Island Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
edmundsii
(Little Sur Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
insularis
(Island Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
manzanita
'St. Helena'
(St. Helena Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
nevadensis
(Pinemat Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
(Pajaro Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
'Bretts Beauty'
(Brett's Beauty Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pumila
(Sandmat Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
pungens
(Ponitleaf Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
rudis
(Shag Bark Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
tomentosa
(Wolly Manzanita )
Buddleia
Buddleia
alternifolia
(Alternate-leaf Butterfly Bush )
Cercis
Cercis
canadensis
'Forest Pansy'
(Forest Pansy Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
alba
(White Flowered Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
mexicana
(Mexican Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
texensis
'Oklahoma'
(Oklahoma Redbud)
Cercis
chinensis
(Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
chinensis
'Avondale'
(Avondale Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
occidentalis
(Western Redbud )
Cercis
siliquastrum
(Judus Tree )
Crataegus
Crataegus
germanica
(Medlar)
Distylium
Distylium
× 'Vintage Jade'
(Vintage Jade Evergreen Witch Hazel)
Encelia
Encelia
farinosa
(Brittlebush )
Eriogonum
Eriogonum
fasciculatum
(California Buckwheat )
Exochorda
Exochorda
racemosa
(Common Pearlbush)
Fremontodendron
Fremontodendron
(Flannel Bush )
Hakea
Hakea
microcarpa
(Small-fruited Hakea)
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
(hybrid)
(Hybrid Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
indica
(Common Crape Myrtle )
Leucothoe
Leucothoe
axillaris
(Coast Leucothoen )
Loropetalum
Loropetalum
chinense
(Chinese Fringe-flower)
Loropetalum
chinense
var.
rubrum
(Pink-flowering Fringe-flower )
Loropetalum
chinense
var.
rubrum
'Daybreak's Flame'
(Daybreak's Flame Fringe-flower)
Loropetalum
chinense
var.
rubrum
Plum Delight™
(Plum Delight Fringe-flower)
Magnolia
Magnolia
salicifolia
(Willowleaf Magnolia )
Menziesia
Menziesia
ciliicalyx
var.
multiflora
(Mock Azalea )
Pieris
Pieris
formosa
var.
forrestii
(Chinese Pieris )
Pittosporum
Pittosporum
heterophyllum
(Chinese Pittosporum)
Pittosporum
tobira
(Japanese Mock Orange )
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Rhododendron (defines evaluations)
Rhododendron
groenlandicum
(Labrador-tea)
Stewartia
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)