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Broadleaf Plant Search
Abelia
Abelia
× 'Edward Goucher'
(Edward Goucher Abelia)
Acer
Acer
henryi
(Henry's Maple)
Acer
sempervirens
(Cretan Maple)
Aesculus
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Aucuba
Aucuba
japonica
(Japanese Aucuba )
Azara
Azara
microphylla
(Boxleaf Azara)
Azara
microphylla
'Variegata'
(Variegated Boxleaf Azara)
Berberis
Berberis
jamesiana
(James Barberry)
Carpenteria
Carpenteria
californica
(Bush Anemone)
Ceanothus
Ceanothus
cuneatus
(Narrowleaf Buckbrush )
Ceanothus
cuneatus
var.
rigidus
'Snowball'
(Snowball Ceanothus)
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
(Katsura )
Chionanthus
Chionanthus
retusus
(Chinese Fringetree)
Cistus
Cistus
'Snow Fire'
(Snow Fire Rockrose)
Cistus
×
dansereaui
'Decumbens'
(Decumbens Rockrose)
Crinodendron
Crinodendron
hookerianum
(Chilean Lantern Tree)
Forestiera
Forestiera
pubescens
(Desert Olive)
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
americana
(White Ash )
Fraxinus
americana
Autumn Purple®
(Autumn Purple Ash)
Fraxinus
excelsior
(Euopean Ash )
Fraxinus
latifolia
(Oregon Ash)
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica
(Green Ash)
Fraxinus
sieboldiana
(Siebold Ash, )
Leycesteria
Leycesteria
formosa
(Pheasant-eye )
Lonicera
Lonicera
hispidula
(Pink Honeysuckle )
Luma
Luma
apiculata
(Arrayan )
Olea
Olea
europaea
(Common olive )
Osmanthus
Osmanthus
×
burkwoodii
(Burkwood Osmanthus)
Osmanthus
×
fortunei
(Fortune's Osmanthus)
Osmanthus
fragrans
(Fragrant Tea Olive, )
Osmanthus
heterophyllus
(Holly Osmanthus )
Paxistima
Paxistima
myrsinites
(Oregon Boxwood )
Viburnum
Viburnum
nudum
(Possumhaw )
