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Ceiba
Ceiba
speciosa
(Floss Silk Tree)
Cercis
Cercis
canadensis
(Eastern Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
'Forest Pansy'
(Forest Pansy Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
'Ruby Falls'
(Ruby Falls Weeping Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
mexicana
(Mexican Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
texensis
'Oklahoma'
(Oklahoma Redbud)
Cercis
chinensis
'Avondale'
(Avondale Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
siliquastrum
(Judus Tree )
Corylus
Corylus
avellana
'Red Dragon'
(Red Dragon Hazelnut)
Corylus
avellana
'Rote Zeller'
(Rote Zeller Hazelnut)
Cotinus
Cotinus
coggygria
(Common Smoketree )
Cotinus
coggygria
'Royal Purple'
(Royal Purple Smoketree)
Delonix
Delonix
regia
(Royal Poinciana)
Fagus
Fagus
grandifolia
(American Beech)
Juglans
Juglans
cinerea
(Butternut)
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
(hybrid)
(Hybrid Crape Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
indica
(Common Crape Myrtle )
Magnolia
Magnolia
Black Tulip™
(Black Tulip Magnolia)
Magnolia
'Randy'
(Randy Magnolia)
Magnolia
'Star Wars'
(Star Wars Magnolia)
Magnolia
campbellii
(Campbell's Magnolia )
Magnolia
stellata
'Rosea'
(Rosea Star Magnolia )
Malus
Malus
Brandywine®
(Brandywine Crabapple)
Malus
'Indian Summer'
(Indian Summer Crabapple)
Malus
'Prairifire'
(Prairifire Crabapple)
Malus
atrosanguinea
(Carmine Crabapple)
Melaleuca
Melaleuca
nesophila
(Pink Melaleuca )
Morella
Morella
rubra
(Red Bayberry )
Olneya
Olneya
tesota
(Ironwood)
Parrotia
Parrotia
persica
(Persian Parrotia )
Pistacia
Pistacia
chinensis
(Chinese Pistache )
Populus
Populus
deltoides
(Eastern Cottonwood)
Populus
fremontii
(Fremont Cottonwood )
Populus
grandidentata
(Bigtooth Aspen)
Populus
nigra
(Black Poplar)
Populus
nigra
'Italica'
(Lombardy Poplar )
Populus
tremula
'Erecta'
(Upright European Aspen )
Populus
trichocarpa
(Black Poplar )
Prunus
Prunus
'First Lady'
(First Lady Flowering Cherry)
Prunus
'Okame'
(Okame Flowering Cherry)
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Ulmus
Ulmus
americana
(American Elm)
Ulmus
davidiana
var.
japonica
Emerald Sunshine®
(Emerald Sunshine Elm)
Ulmus
davidiana
var.
japonica
(Japanese Elm)
Ulmus
glabra
'Camperdownii'
(Camperdown Scotch Elm)
Ulmus
×
hollandica
(Dutch Elm )
