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Broadleaf Plant Search
Actinidia
Actinidia
kolomikta
(Kolomikta Actinidia )
Ampelopsis
Ampelopsis
brevipedunculata
(Porcelain Berry )
Ampelopsis
brevipendiculata
'Elegans'
(Elegans Porcelain Berry )
Ardisia
Ardisia
japonica
(Japanese Ardisia )
Ceanothus
Ceanothus
griseus
var.
horizontalis
(Carmel Creeper Ceanothus)
Ceanothus
griseus
var.
horizontalis
'Yankee Point'
(Yankee Point Ceanothus)
Celastrus
Celastrus
scandens
(American Bittersweet )
Fragaria
Fragaria
×
chiloensis
(Beach Strawberry )
Gaultheria
Gaultheria
miqueliana
(Miquel's Spicywintergreen )
Gaultheria
procumbens
(Wintergreen)
Grevillea
Grevillea
aquifolium
(Holly Grevillea)
Grevillea
lanigera
(Woolly Grevillea)
Pachysandra
Pachysandra
procumbens
(Allegheny Pachysandra)
Pachysandra
terminalis
(Pachysandra )
Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus
quinquefolia
(Virginia Creeper )
Parthenocissus
tricuspidata
(Boston Ivy )
Prunus
Prunus
laurocerasus
'Mt. Vernon'
(Mt. Vernon Laurel)
Prunus
prostrata
(Rock Cherry )
Rhus
Rhus
aromatica
'Gro-Low'
(Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac)
Rubus
Rubus
calycinoides
(Crinkle-leaf Creeper )
Rubus
tricolor
(Creeping Bramble )
Salix
Salix
caprea
'Kilmarnock'
(Kilmarnock Willow)
Sorbus
Sorbus
poteriifolia
(Mountain Ash)
Vaccinium
Vaccinium
angustifolium
(Lowbush Blueberry)
Vaccinium
angustifolium
'Burgundy'
(Burgundy Lowbush Blueberry)
Vaccinium
crassifolium
(Creeping Blueberry )
Vitis
Vitis
×
californica × vinifera
' Rogers Red'
( Rogers Red Grape)
Vitis
coignetiae
(Crimson Glory Vine)
Waldsteinia
Waldsteinia
fragarioides
(Barren Strawberry)
