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Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
columbiana
(Hairy Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
confertiflora
(Santa Rosa Island Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
densiflora
(Sonoma Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
densiflora
'Howard McMinn'
(Howard McMinn Manzanita)
Celastrus
Celastrus
scandens
(American Bittersweet )
Cephalanthus
Cephalanthus
occidentalis
(Buttonbush )
Chaenomeles
Chaenomeles
speciosa
(Flowering Quince)
Cornus
Cornus
alternifolia
(Pagoda Dogwood)
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster
lucidus
(Hedge Cotoneaster)
Cydonia
Cydonia
oblonga
(Quince)
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus
×
ebbingei
(Ebbinge's Elaeagnus )
Elaeagnus
×
ebbingei
'Gilt Edge'
(Gild Edge Silverberry)
Elaeagnus
umbellata
(Autumn Elaeagnus )
Exochorda
Exochorda
racemosa
(Common Pearlbush)
Feijoa
Feijoa
sellowiana
(Pineapple Guava )
Ilex
Ilex
cornuta
(Chinese Holly )
Ilex
crenata
'Lemon Gem'
(Lemon Gem Japanese Holly)
Leucothoe
Leucothoe
davisiae
(Western Leucothoe )
Leucothoe
fontanesiana
(Drooping Leucothoe)
Leucothoe
fontanesiana
'Girard's Rainbow'
(Girard's Rainbow Leucothoe)
Leucothoe
racemosa
(Sweetbells Leucothoe )
Lindera
Lindera
benzoin
(Spicebush )
Lonicera
Lonicera
nitida
'Baggesens Gold'
(Baggesen's Gold Box Honeysuckle)
Lonicera
tatarica
(Tatarian Honeysuckle )
Loropetalum
Loropetalum
chinense
(Chinese Fringe-flower)
Malus
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Malus
transitoria
(Transitoria Crabapple )
Notholithocarpus
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
(Tanoak )
Notholithocarpus
densiflorus
var.
echinoides
(Shrub Tanoak )
Parkinsonia
Parkinsonia
microphyllum
(Littleleaf Palo Verde )
Poncirus
Poncirus
trifoliata
(Trifoliate Orange )
Poncirus
trifoliata
'Flying Dragon'
(Flying Dragon Trifoliate Orange)
Prunus
Prunus
americana
(Wild Plum )
Prunus
subcordata
(Klamath Plum )
Pyracantha
Pyracantha
(Firethorn)
Rubus
Rubus
lineatus
(Silky-leaved Berry)
Shepherdia
Shepherdia
argentea
(Silver Buffaloberry )
Ternstroemia
Ternstroemia
gymnanthera
(Japanese Ternstroemia)
