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Broadleaf Plant Search
Aesculus
Aesculus
californica
(California Buckeye )
Aesculus
glabra
var.
arguta
(Texas Buckeye )
Amelanchier
Amelanchier
alnifolia
(Western Serviceberry )
Amelanchier
×
grandiflora
(Apple Serviceberry)
Amelanchier
×
grandiflora
Autumn Brilliance®
(Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry)
Amelanchier
×
grandiflora
'Forest Prince'
(Forest Prince Serviceberry)
Amelanchier
laevis
(Allegheny Serviceberry )
Aralia
Aralia
elata
(Angelica Tree )
Arbutus
Arbutus
unedo
(Strawberry Tree )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
(Santa Cruz Manzanita )
Chionanthus
Chionanthus
retusus
(Chinese Fringetree)
Crataegus
Crataegus
columbiana
(Columbia Hawthorn)
Crataegus
douglasii
(Douglas Hawthorn )
Crataegus
germanica
(Medlar)
Crataegus
laevigata
(English Hawthorn )
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus
umbellata
(Autumn Elaeagnus )
Franklinia
Franklinia
alatamaha
(Franklin Tree )
Gevuina
Gevuina
avellana
(Chilean hazelnut)
Heteromeles
Heteromeles
arbutifolia
(Toyon )
Hovenia
Hovenia
dulcis
(Japanese Raisintree )
Ilex
Ilex
aquifolium
(English Holly)
Ilex
×
attenuata
'Foster #2'
(Foster's #2 Holly)
Ilex
latifolia
(Lusterleaf Holly)
Ilex
paraguariensis
(Yerba Matá )
Luma
Luma
apiculata
(Arrayan )
Malus
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Malus
sargentii
(Sargent Crabapple )
Malus
transitoria
(Transitoria Crabapple )
Osmanthus
Osmanthus
×
fortunei
(Fortune's Osmanthus)
Osmanthus
fragrans
(Fragrant Tea Olive, )
Phillyrea
Phillyrea
latifolia
(Mock Privet)
Photinia
Photinia
serratifolia
(Chinese Photinia )
Poncirus
Poncirus
trifoliata
(Trifoliate Orange )
Poncirus
trifoliata
'Flying Dragon'
(Flying Dragon Trifoliate Orange)
Prunus
Prunus
americana
(Wild Plum )
Prunus
caroliniana
(Carolina Cherrylaurel )
Prunus
emarginata
(Bitter Cherry )
Prunus
ilicifolia
(Hollyleaf Cherry )
Prunus
laurocerasus
(Cherry Laurel )
Prunus
lusitanica
(Portuguese Cherry Laurel .)
Prunus
subcordata
(Klamath Plum )
Prunus
virginiana
'Canada Red'
(Canada Red Chokecherry)
Prunus
virginiana
var.
virginiana
(Common Chokecherry)
Rhus
Rhus
chinensis
(Chinese Sumac )
Sambucus
Sambucus
cerulea
(Blue Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
(Common Elderberry )
Sambucus
nigra
Black Beauty™
(Black Beauty Elderberry )
Sambucus
racemosa
(Red Elderberry)
Sorbus
Sorbus
koehneana
(Chinese Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
scopulina
(Greene Mountain Ash )
Sorbus
sitchensis
(Sitka Mountain Ash )
Stewartia
Stewartia
serrata
(Sawtooth Stewartia)
Styrax
Styrax
japonicus
(Japanese Snowbell)
Styrax
japonicus
'Evening Light'
(Evening Light Japanese Snowbell)
Viburnum
Viburnum
awabuki
(Sweet Viburnum)
Viburnum
lentago
(Nannyberry )
Viburnum
rufidulum
(Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum )
Viburnum
rufidulum
'Royal Guard'
(Royal Guard Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum )