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Broadleaf Plant Search
Ampelopsis
Ampelopsis
brevipedunculata
(Porcelain Berry )
Ampelopsis
brevipendiculata
'Elegans'
(Elegans Porcelain Berry )
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Azara
microphylla
'Variegata'
(Variegated Boxleaf Azara)
Castanea
Castanea
mollissima
(Chinese Chestnut)
Celtis
Celtis
occidentalis
(Common Hackberry)
Celtis
pallida
(Desert Hackberry )
Celtis
reticulata
(Netleaf Hackberry )
Celtis
sinensis
(Japanese Hackberry )
Corylus
Corylus
chinensis
(Chinese Hazel)
Corylus
colurna
(Turkish Hazel)
Corylus
cornuta
var.
californica
(Western Hazel )
Diospyros
Diospyros
virginiana
(Common Persimmon )
Frangula
Frangula
alnus
'Asplenifolia'
(Asplenifolia Alder Buckthorn)
Frangula
alnus
Fine Line®
(Fine Line Alder Buckthorn)
Frangula
californica
(Coffeeberry )
Frangula
californica
'Mound San Bruno'
(Mound San Bruno Coffeeberry )
Ilex
Ilex
latifolia
(Lusterleaf Holly)
Ilex
×
meserveae
(Meserve Hybrid Holly)
Ilex
paraguariensis
(Yerba Matá )
Liquidambar
Liquidambar
formosana
(Formosan Sweetgum)
Liquidambar
orientalis
(Oriental Sweetgum)
Liquidambar
styraciflua
Emerald Sentinel®
(Emerald Sentinel Sweetgum)
Liquidambar
styraciflua
Gold Dust®
(Gold Dust Sweetgum)
Liquidambar
styraciflua
'Rotundiloba'
(Rotundiloba Sweetgum)
Maytenus
Maytenus
boaria
(Mayten )
Morella
Morella
californica
(Pacific Waxmyrtle )
Myrica
Myrica
gale
(Sweetgale )
Nothofagus
Nothofagus
antarctica
(Southern Beech )
Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus
tricuspidata
(Boston Ivy )
Platanus
Platanus
occidentalis
(American Sycamore or Planetree )
Populus
Populus
fremontii
(Fremont Cottonwood )
Ribes
Ribes
divaricatum
(Coast Black Gooseberry )
Ribes
nevadense
(Mountain Pink Currant )
Ribes
odoratum
(Golden Currant )
Vaccinium
Vaccinium
angustifolium
(Lowbush Blueberry)
Vaccinium
angustifolium
'Burgundy'
(Burgundy Lowbush Blueberry)
Vaccinium
membranaceum
(Big Huckleberry )
Vitis
Vitis
×
californica × vinifera
' Rogers Red'
( Rogers Red Grape)
Zelkova
Zelkova
serrata
(Japanese Zelkova )
Zelkova
serrata
'Variegata'
(Variegated Japanese Zelkova)