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Aesculus
Aesculus
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carnea
'O'Neill Red'
(O'Neill Red Horsechestnut )
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
pavia
(Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Ceiba
Ceiba
speciosa
(Floss Silk Tree)
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
(Katsura )
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
'Amazing Grace'
(Amazing Grace Weeping Katsura Tree)
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
'Red Fox'
(Red Fox Katsura)
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
f.
pendulum
(Weeping Katsura Tree)
Corylus
Corylus
avellana
'Rote Zeller'
(Rote Zeller Hazelnut)
Euonymus
Euonymus
atropurpureus
(Eastern Wahoo)
Fagus
Fagus
grandifolia
(American Beech)
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
americana
(White Ash )
Fraxinus
americana
Autumn Purple®
(Autumn Purple Ash)
Fraxinus
oxycarpa
'Raywood'
(Raywood Ash )
Juglans
Juglans
cinerea
(Butternut)
Malus
Malus
Brandywine®
(Brandywine Crabapple)
Malus
'Indian Summer'
(Indian Summer Crabapple)
Malus
'Prairifire'
(Prairifire Crabapple)
Malus
atrosanguinea
(Carmine Crabapple)
Parrotia
Parrotia
persica
(Persian Parrotia )
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)
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 )
