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Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
edmundsii
(Little Sur Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
hookeri
(Hooker's Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
hookeri
subsp.
franciscana
(Franciscan Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
nevadensis
(Pinemat Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pumila
(Sandmat Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
(Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'Massachusetts'
(Massachusetts Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'Point Reyes'
(Point Reyes Kinnikinnik )
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi
'San Bruno Mountain'
(San Bruno Mountain Kinnikinnik )
Ardisia
Ardisia
japonica
(Japanese Ardisia )
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster
apiculatus
'Tom Thumb'
(Tom Thumb Cotoneaster )
Cotoneaster
congestus
(Pyrenees Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
dammeri
(Bearberry Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
dammeri
'Eichholz'
(Eichholz Cotoneaster )
Cotoneaster
microphyllus
(Littleleaf Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
microphyllus
'Cooperi'
(Cooperi Littleleaf Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
salicifolius
'Autumn Fire'
(Autumn Fire Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster
×
suecicus
'Coral Beauty'
(Coral Beauty Cotoneaster)
Daboecia
Daboecia
cantabrica
(Irish Heath )
Daboecia
×
scotica
(Irish Heath )
Fragaria
Fragaria
×
chiloensis
(Beach Strawberry )
Gaultheria
Gaultheria
miqueliana
(Miquel's Spicywintergreen )
Gaultheria
procumbens
(Wintergreen)
Hedera
Hedera
helix
(English Ivy)
Iberis
Iberis
sempervirens
(Evergreen Candytuft)
Iberis
sempervirens
'Alexanders White'
(Alexander's White Evergreen Candytuft )
Iberis
sempervirens
'Little Gem'
(Little Gem Evergreen Candytuft)
Muehlenbeckia
Muehlenbeckia
axillaris
(Creeping Wire Vine)
Pachysandra
Pachysandra
procumbens
(Allegheny Pachysandra)
Pachysandra
terminalis
(Pachysandra )
Prunus
Prunus
laurocerasus
'Mt. Vernon'
(Mt. Vernon Laurel)
Rubus
Rubus
calycinoides
(Crinkle-leaf Creeper )
Rubus
rolfei
(Creeping Raspberry)
Rubus
tricolor
(Creeping Bramble )
Sarcococca
Sarcococca
hookeriana
var.
humilis
(Himalayan Sarcococca )
Vaccinium
Vaccinium
crassifolium
(Creeping Blueberry )
Vaccinium
macrocarpon
(Cranberry )
Vaccinium
vitis-idaea
(Cowberry )
Vancouveria
Vancouveria
planipetala
(Small Inside-out Flower )
