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Aesculus
Aesculus
×
carnea
(Red Flowering Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
×
carnea
'O'Neill Red'
(O'Neill Red Horsechestnut )
Aesculus
chinensis
(Chinese Horsechestnut)
Aesculus
pavia
(Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
pavia
'Humilis'
(Dwarf Red Buckeye)
Aesculus
sylvatica
(Painted Buckeye )
Calycanthus
Calycanthus
×
raulstonii
'Hartlage Wine'
(Hartlage Wine Sweetbush )
Campsis
Campsis
radicans
(Trumpet Vine )
Ceiba
Ceiba
speciosa
(Floss Silk Tree)
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
(Katsura )
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
'Amazing Grace'
(Amazing Grace Weeping Katsura Tree)
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
'Red Fox'
(Red Fox Katsura)
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
f.
pendulum
(Weeping Katsura Tree)
Chaenomeles
Chaenomeles
speciosa
(Flowering Quince)
Clematis
Clematis
montana
var.
rubens
(Pink Anemone Clematis)
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)
Euonymus
Euonymus
americanus
(American Euonymus )
Euonymus
atropurpureus
(Eastern Wahoo)
Fagus
Fagus
grandifolia
(American Beech)
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
americana
(White Ash )
Fraxinus
americana
Autumn Purple®
(Autumn Purple Ash)
Fraxinus
oxycarpa
'Raywood'
(Raywood Ash )
Fuchsia
Fuchsia
magellanica
(Magellan Fuchsia )
Hamamelis
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Arnold Promise'
(Arnold Promise Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Diane'
(Diane Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
×
intermedia
'Jelena'
(Jelena Witchhazel)
Hamamelis
vernalis
(Vernal Witchhazel )
Hydrangea
Hydrangea
paniculata
'Pink Diamond'
(Pink Diamond Hydrangea)
Hydrangea
paniculata
'Unique'
(Unique Hydrangea)
Juglans
Juglans
cinerea
(Butternut)
Leycesteria
Leycesteria
formosa
(Pheasant-eye )
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 )
Populus
grandidentata
(Bigtooth Aspen)
Populus
nigra
(Black Poplar)
Populus
nigra
'Italica'
(Lombardy Poplar )
Populus
tremula
'Erecta'
(Upright European Aspen )
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)
Spiraea
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)
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 )
Weigela
Weigela
florida
(Weigela)