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Ceiba
Ceiba
speciosa
(Floss Silk Tree)
Chaenomeles
Chaenomeles
speciosa
(Flowering Quince)
Clethra
Clethra
alnifolia
'Ruby Spice'
(Ruby Spice Summersweet )
Corylus
Corylus
avellana
'Red Dragon'
(Red Dragon Hazelnut)
Corylus
avellana
'Rote Zeller'
(Rote Zeller Hazelnut)
Enkianthus
Enkianthus
campanulatus
(Redvein Enkianthus)
Fagus
Fagus
grandifolia
(American Beech)
Hamamelis
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Arnold Promise'
(Arnold Promise Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Diane'
(Diane Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Jelena'
(Jelena Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
vernalis
(Vernal Witchhazel )
Juglans
Juglans
cinerea
(Butternut)
Loropetalum
Loropetalum
chinense
var.
rubrum
'Daybreak's Flame'
(Daybreak's Flame Fringe-flower)
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 )
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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)
Prunus
×
cistena
(Purpleleaf Sandcherry )
Prunus
prostrata
(Rock Cherry )
Rosa
Rosa
acicularis
(Wild Prickly Rose)
Rosa
rugosa
(Rugosa Rose)
Rosa
woodsii
(Woods' Rose)
Spiraea
Spiraea
douglasii
(Douglas Spirea )
Spiraea
japonica
'Anthony Waterer'
(Anthony Waterer Spirea )
Spiraea
japonica
'Bumalda'
(Bumald Spirea)
Spiraea
japonica
Double Play® Painted Lady®
(Painted Lady® Spirea)
Spiraea
japonica
'Goldflame'
(Goldflame Spirea)
Spiraea
japonica
var.
alpina
(Daphne Spirea)
Spiraea
splendens
(Mountain Spirea)
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 )