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Broadleaf Plant Search
Abelia
Abelia
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grandiflora
'Francis Mason'
(Francis Mason Glossy Abelia)
Acer
Acer
circinatum
'Sunglow'
(Sunglow Vine Maple)
Acer
shirasawanum
'Aureum'
(Golden Fullmoon Maple)
Berberis
Berberis
thunbergii
'Aurea'
(Golden Japanese Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
Golden Nugget™
(Golden Nugget Barberry)
Berberis
thunbergii
Sunsation™
(Sunsation Barberry)
Buxus
Buxus
sempervirens
'Aurea-pendula'
(Aurea-pendula Boxwood )
Buxus
sempervirens
'Latifolia Maculata'
(Latifolia Maculata Boxwood)
Calluna
Calluna
vulgaris
'Robert Chapman'
(Robert Chapman Scotch Heather)
Calluna
vulgaris
'Wickwar Flame'
(Wickwar Flame Scotch Heather)
Choisya
Choisya
ternata
'Sundance'
(Sundance Mexican Orange )
Cotinus
Cotinus
coggygria
Golden Spirit™
(Golden Spirit Smoketree)
Escallonia
Escallonia
laevis
'Gold Brian'
(Gold Brian Escallonia)
Euonymus
Euonymus
japonicus
' - small-leafed selections'
(Japanese Euonymus)
Ligustrum
Ligustrum
ovalifolium
'Aureum'
(Golden Privet)
Lonicera
Lonicera
nitida
'Baggesens Gold'
(Baggesen's Gold Box Honeysuckle)
Osmanthus
Osmanthus
heterophyllus
'Ogon'
(Ogon Holly Osmanthus )
Parkinsonia
Parkinsonia
florida
(Blue Palo Verde)
Parkinsonia
microphyllum
(Littleleaf Palo Verde )
Physocarpus
Physocarpus
opulifolius
'Dart's Gold'
(Dart's Gold Ninebark )
Physocarpus
opulifolius
'Luteus'
(Luteus Ninebark )
Rhododendron (defines evaluations)
Rhododendron
'Delaware Valley White'
(Delaware Valley White Azalea)
Spiraea
Spiraea
japonica
Limemound®
(Limemound Spirea)
Spiraea
thunbergii
Mellow Yellow™
(Mellow Yellow Spirea, )
Yucca
Yucca
treculeana
(Spanish Bayonet)
