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Broadleaf Plant Search
Abelia
Abelia
× 'Edward Goucher'
(Edward Goucher Abelia)
Abelia
×
grandiflora
(Glossy Abelia)
Abelia
×
grandiflora
'Francis Mason'
(Francis Mason Glossy Abelia)
Abelia
×
grandiflora
'Kaleidoscope'
(Kaleidoscope Glossy Abelia)
Abelia
×
grandiflora
'Sunrise'
(Sunrise Glossy Abelia)
Abeliophyllum
Abeliophyllum
distichum
(White Forsythia )
Acer
Acer
buergerianum
'Miyasama yatsubusa'
(Miyasama yatsubusa Trident Maple)
Acer
campestre
'Carnival'
(Carnival Hedge Maple)
Acer
campestre
'Nanum'
(Dwarf Hedge Maple)
Acer
carpinifolium
(Hornbeam Maple)
Acer
circinatum
(Vine Maple)
Acer
circinatum
'Little Gem'
(Little Gem Vine Maple)
Acer
circinatum
'Monroe'
(Monroe Vine Maple)
Acer
circinatum
'Pacific Sprite'
(Pacific Sprite Vine Maple)
Acer
circinatum
'Sunglow'
(Sunglow Vine Maple)
Acer
coriaceifolium
(Leatherleaf Maple)
Acer
glabrum
(Rocky Mountain Maple )
Acer
glabrum
var.
douglasii
(Douglas Maple )
Acer
henryi
(Henry's Maple)
Acer
japonicum
(Fullmoon Maple)
Acer
japonicum
'Aconitifolium'
(Fernleaf Fullmoon Maple)
Acer
oblongum
(Evergreen Maple )
Acer
opalus
subsp.
obtusatum
(Bosnian Maple)
Acer
palmatum
(Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Beni komachi'
(Beni komachi Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Pixie'
(Pixie Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Shaina'
(Shaina Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Sharp's Pygmy'
(Sharp's Pygmay Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
'Shindeshojo'
(Shindeshojo Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
var.
dissectum
(Dissected Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
var.
dissectum atropurpureum
(Red Dissected Japanese Maple)
Acer
palmatum
var.
dissectum atropurpureum
'Ever Red'
(Ever Red Dissected Japanese Maple)
Acer
pensylvanicum
(Striped Maple )
Acer
pentaphyllum
(Acer pentaphyllum (no common name))
Acer
pseudoplatanus
'Esk Sunset'
(Eskimo Sunset Sycamore Maple)
Acer
sempervirens
(Cretan Maple)
Acer
shirasawanum
(Shirasawa Maple)
Acer
shirasawanum
'Aureum'
(Golden Fullmoon Maple)
Acer
spicatum
(Mountain Maple )
Acer
tataricum
(Tatarian Maple )
Acer
tataricum
subsp.
ginnala
(Amur Maple)
Acer
tataricum
subsp.
ginnala
'Emerald Elf'
(Emerald Elf Amur Maple)
Acer
triflorum
(Three Flowered Maple)
Aesculus
Aesculus
californica
(California Buckeye )
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Aesculus
parviflora
(Bottlebrush Buckeye)
Aesculus
pavia
(Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
pavia
'Humilis'
(Dwarf Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Aucuba
Aucuba
japonica
(Japanese Aucuba )
Aucuba
japonica
'Mr. Goldstrike'
(Mr. Goldstrike Aucuba)
Aucuba
japonica
'Picturata'
(Picturata Aucuba)
Aucuba
japonica
'Variegata'
(Gold Dust Plant )
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Azara
microphylla
'Variegata'
(Variegated Boxleaf Azara)
Berberis
Berberis
jamesiana
(James Barberry)
Buddleia
Buddleia
× 'Blue Chip'
(Blue Chip Buddleia)
Buddleia
davidii
(Butterfly Bush)
Buddleia
globosa
(Orange Butterfly Bush )
Buddleia
×
weyeriana
'Honeycomb'
(Honeycomb Butterfly Bush)
Buxus
Buxus
bodinieri
(Bodinier's Boxwood)
Buxus
microphylla
'Compacta'
(Kingsville Dwarf )
Buxus
microphylla
var.
koreana
(Korean Littleleaf Boxwood)
Buxus
microphylla
var.
koreana
'Winter Gem'
(Winter Gem Boxwood)
Buxus
microphylla
var.
koreana
'Wintergreen'
(Wintergreen Boxwood)
Buxus
sempervirens
(Common Boxwood )
Buxus
sempervirens
'Arborescens'
(Truetree Boxwood)
Buxus
sempervirens
'Aurea-pendula'
(Aurea-pendula Boxwood )
Buxus
sempervirens
'Latifolia Maculata'
(Latifolia Maculata Boxwood)
Buxus
sempervirens
'Suffruticosa'
(Edging Boxwood)
Buxus
sempervirens
'Variegata'
(Variegata Boxwood)
Callicarpa
Callicarpa
americana
(American Beautyberry )
Callicarpa
bodinieri
'Profusion'
(Profusion Beautyberry)
Callicarpa
dichotoma
(Purple Beautyberry)
Callicarpa
dichotoma
'Albifructus'
(White Fruited Beautyberry)
Callicarpa
japonica
(Japanese Beautyberry)
Calluna
Calluna
vulgaris
(Scotch Heather )
Calluna
vulgaris
'Firefly'
(Firefly Scotch Heather)
Calluna
vulgaris
'Robert Chapman'
(Robert Chapman Scotch Heather)
Calluna
vulgaris
'Wickwar Flame'
(Wickwar Flame Scotch Heather)
Calycanthus
Calycanthus
× 'Aphrodite'
(Aphrodite Sweetshrub)
Calycanthus
floridus
(Carolina Allspice )
Calycanthus
occidentalis
(Western Spicebush )
Calycanthus
×
raulstonii
'Hartlage Wine'
(Hartlage Wine Sweetbush )
Carissa
Carissa
macrocarpa
(Natal Plum)
Carpenteria
Carpenteria
californica
(Bush Anemone)
Ceanothus
Ceanothus
'Dark Star'
(Dark Star Ceanothus)
Ceanothus
cuneatus
(Narrowleaf Buckbrush )
Ceanothus
cuneatus
var.
rigidus
'Snowball'
(Snowball Ceanothus)
Ceanothus
gloriosus
(Point Reyes Ceanothus )
Ceanothus
impressus
(Santa Barbara Ceanothus)
Cephalanthus
Cephalanthus
occidentalis
(Buttonbush )
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
'Amazing Grace'
(Amazing Grace Weeping Katsura Tree)
Chilopsis
Chilopsis
linearis
(Desert Willow )
Chimonanthus
Chimonanthus
praecox
(Fragrant Wintersweet)
Chionanthus
Chionanthus
retusus
(Chinese Fringetree)
Chionanthus
virginicus
(White Fringetree)
Choisya
Choisya
×
dewitteana
'Aztec Pearl'
(Aztec Pearl Choisya)
Choisya
ternata
(Mexican Orange)
Choisya
ternata
'Sundance'
(Sundance Mexican Orange )
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