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Broadleaf Plant Search

Agave

Agave colorata (Mescal Ceniza )
Agave macroacantha (Black-spinned Agave)
Agave parryi (Parry's Agave)
Agave shawii (Shaw's Agave)

Berberis

Berberis × gladwynensis 'William Penn' (William Penn Barberry)
Berberis julianae (Wintergreen Barberry)
Berberis pruinosa (Pruinosa Barberry)
Berberis verruculosa (Warty Barberry)

Ilex

Ilex aquifolium (English Holly)
Ilex aquifolium '(two variegated selections)' (Variegated English Holly)
Ilex × attenuata 'Foster #2' (Foster's #2 Holly)
Ilex cornuta (Chinese Holly )
Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' (Burford Chinese Holly)
Ilex cornuta 'Rotunda' (Dwarf Chinese Holly, )
Ilex × meserveae (Meserve Hybrid Holly)

Mahonia

Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon Grape )
Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta' (Compact Oregon Grape)
Mahonia lomariifolia (Chinese Mahonia )
Mahonia × media 'Arthur Menzies' (Arthur Menzies Mahonia)
Mahonia nervosa (Longleaf Mahonia )
Mahonia pinnata (California Barberry )
Mahonia repens (Creeping Mahonia)

Nothofagus

Nothofagus fusca (New Zealand Red Beech )

Olearia

Olearia macrodonta (Daisy Bush )

Osmanthus

Osmanthus delavayi (Delavay Osmanthus )
Osmanthus × fortunei (Fortune's Osmanthus)
Osmanthus heterophyllus (Holly Osmanthus )
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide' (Gulftide Holly Osmanthus )
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Ogon' (Ogon Holly Osmanthus )

Prunus

Prunus ilicifolia (Hollyleaf Cherry )

Quercus

Quercus acutissima (Sawtooth Oak)
Quercus turbinella (Scrub Live Oak)
Quercus wislizeni (Interior Live Oak )

Contact Info

Patrick Breen,
CPN (Certified Plant Nerd)
Patrick.Breen@oregonstate.edu
 

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