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Agave
Agave
macroacantha
(Black-spinned Agave)
Agave
shawii
(Shaw's Agave)
Amorpha
Amorpha
nana
(Dwarf Wild Indigo )
Aucuba
Aucuba
japonica
(Japanese Aucuba )
Berberis
Berberis
×
gladwynensis
'William Penn'
(William Penn Barberry)
Berberis
replicata
(Evergreen Barberry)
Berberis
verruculosa
(Warty Barberry)
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
'Red Fox'
(Red Fox Katsura)
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
f.
pendulum
(Weeping Katsura Tree)
Fuchsia
Fuchsia
magellanica
(Magellan Fuchsia )
Gleditsia
Gleditsia
triacanthos
(Honeylocust)
Gleditsia
triacanthos
var.
inermis
(Thornless Honeylocust)
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
syriacus
(Rose of Sharon )
Holodiscus
Holodiscus
discolor
(Oceanspray )
Malus
Malus
fusca
(Western Crabapple )
Morus
Morus
alba
(White Mulberry )
Morus
alba
'Unryu'
(Contorted Mulberry )
Oxydendrum
Oxydendrum
arboreum
(Sourwood )
Parrotia
Parrotia
persica
(Persian Parrotia )
Prunus
Prunus
emarginata
(Bitter Cherry )
Pterostyrax
Pterostyrax
hispida
(Epaulette Tree )
Rosa
Rosa
acicularis
(Wild Prickly Rose)
Rubus
Rubus
armeniacus
(Himalayan Blackberry )
Rubus
calycinoides
(Crinkle-leaf Creeper )
Rubus
laciniatus
(Evergreen Blackberry )
Rubus
ursinus
(Trailing Blackberry )
Toona
Toona
sinensis
(Chinese Toon )
Viburnum
Viburnum
ellipticum
(Oregon Viburnum )
Yucca
Yucca
brevifolia
(Joshua Tree)
Ziziphus
Ziziphus
jujuba
(Jujube )
