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Arbutus
Arbutus
menziesii
(Pacific Madrone )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
× 'Austin Griffiths'
(Austin Griffiths Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
manzanita
'St. Helena'
(St. Helena Manzanita)
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Caragana
Caragana
arborescens
(Siberian Peashrub )
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
'Avondale'
(Avondale Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
siliquastrum
(Judus Tree )
Clerodendrum
Clerodendrum
trichotomum
(Harlequin Glorybower )
Clerodendrum
trichotomum
'Stargazer'
(Stargazer Harlequin Glorybower)
Cornus
Cornus
'Porlock'
(Porlock Dogwood)
Cornus
Venus®
(Venus Dogwood)
Cornus
capitata
(Evergreen Dogwood )
Cornus
controversa
(Giant Dogwood)
Cornus
controversa
'June Snow'
(June Snow Giant Dogwood)
Cornus
×
elwinortonii
Starlight®
(Starlight Dogwood)
Cornus
florida
(Flowering Dogwood )
Cornus
florida
'Golden Nugget'
(Golden Nugget Dogwood)
Cornus
florida
'Welchii'
(Tricolor Dogwood )
Cornus
kousa
(Kousa Dogwood )
Cornus
kousa
'Gold Star'
(Gold Star Dogwood)
Cornus
kousa
Scarlet Fire®
(Scarlet Fire Dogwood)
Cornus
kousa
'Wolf Eyes'
(Wolf Eyes Dogwood)
Cornus
mas
(Corneliancherry Dogwood)
Cornus
nuttallii
(Pacific Dogwood )
Cornus
nuttallii
'Goldspot'
(Goldspot Dogwood, )
Cornus
officinalis
(Japanese Cornelian Dogwood )
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster
salicifolius
(Willowleaf Cotoneaster)
Diospyros
Diospyros
kaki
(Japanese Persimmon )
Diospyros
virginiana
(Common Persimmon )
Fagus
Fagus
sylvatica
(European Beech)
Fagus
sylvatica
'Tortuosa Purpurea'
(Contorted Purple Beech)
Frangula
Frangula
alnus
(Alder Buckthorn )
Frangula
californica
(Coffeeberry )
Heptacodium
Heptacodium
miconioides
(Seven Sons Flower )
Magnolia
Magnolia
'Caerhays Belle'
(Caerhays Belle Magnolia)
Magnolia
acuminata
(Cucumber Magnolia )
Magnolia
campbellii
(Campbell's Magnolia )
Magnolia
denudata
(Yulan Magnolia)
Magnolia
grandiflora
(Southern Magnolia )
Magnolia
insignis
(Red Lotus Tree)
Magnolia
kobus
(Kobus Magnolia)
Magnolia
liliiflora
(Lily Magnolia)
Magnolia
macrophylla
(Bigleaf Magnolia)
Magnolia
salicifolia
(Willowleaf Magnolia )
Magnolia
sieboldii
(Siebold Magnolia )
Magnolia
×
soulangeana
(Saucer Magnolia)
Magnolia
stellata
(Star Magnolia)
Magnolia
stellata
'Rosea'
(Rosea Star Magnolia )
Magnolia
tripetala
(Umbrella Magnolia )
Magnolia
virginiana
(Sweetbay Magnolia)
Morella
Morella
rubra
(Red Bayberry )
Pistacia
Pistacia
chinensis
(Chinese Pistache )
Punica
Punica
granatum
(Pomegranate)
Rhus
Rhus
ovata
(Sugar Bush)
Shepherdia
Shepherdia
argentea
(Silver Buffaloberry )
Tasmannia
Tasmannia
lanceolata
(Mountain Pepper)
Tetradium
Tetradium
daniellii
(Korean Evodia )
Vitex
Vitex
lucens
(Puriri )
Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum
americanum
(Prickly Ash )