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Acer
Acer
sempervirens
(Cretan Maple)
Adenium
Adenium
obesum
(Desert Rose )
Adenocarpus
Adenocarpus
decorticans
(Silver Broom )
Albizia
Albizia
julibrissin
(Silk Tree )
Albizia
julibrissin
'Summer Chocolate'
(Summer Chocolate Silk Tree)
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
× 'Austin Griffiths'
(Austin Griffiths Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
bakeri
subsp.
bakeri
'Louis Edmunds'
(Louis Edmunds Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
canescens
(Hoary Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
confertiflora
(Santa Rosa Island Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
edmundsii
(Little Sur Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
insularis
(Island Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
manzanita
'St. Helena'
(St. Helena Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
nevadensis
(Pinemat Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
(Pajaro Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pajaroensis
'Bretts Beauty'
(Brett's Beauty Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
pumila
(Sandmat Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
pungens
(Ponitleaf Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
rudis
(Shag Bark Manzanita )
Arctostaphylos
tomentosa
(Wolly Manzanita )
Argyrocytisus
Argyrocytisus
battandieri
(Pineapple Broom )
Asimina
Asimina
triloba
(Common Pawpaw )
Calycanthus
Calycanthus
floridus
(Carolina Allspice )
Caragana
Caragana
arborescens
(Siberian Peashrub )
Caragana
arborescens
'Lorbergii'
(Lorberg Peashrub )
Caragana
frutex
'Globosa'
(Globe Russian Peashrub )
Caragana
pygmaea
(Pygmy Peashrub )
Carpenteria
Carpenteria
californica
(Bush Anemone)
Catalpa
Catalpa
bignonioides
(Southern Catalpa )
Catalpa
×
erubescens
'Purpurea'
(Purple Catalpa)
Catalpa
speciosa
(Northern Catalpa )
Ceratonia
Ceratonia
siliqua
(Carob )
Cercis
Cercis
canadensis
(Eastern Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
'Forest Pansy'
(Forest Pansy Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
alba
(White Flowered Redbud)
Cercis
canadensis
var.
mexicana
(Mexican Redbud)
Cercis
chinensis
(Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
chinensis
'Avondale'
(Avondale Chinese Redbud)
Cercis
occidentalis
(Western Redbud )
Cercis
siliquastrum
(Judus Tree )
Cladrastis
Cladrastis
kentukea
(American Yellowwood)
Crinodendron
Crinodendron
hookerianum
(Chilean Lantern Tree)
Cytisus
Cytisus
scoparius
(Scotch Broom )
Cytisus
scoparius
'Moonlight'
(Moonlight Scotch Broom)
Davidia
Davidia
involucrata
(Dove Tree )
Delonix
Delonix
regia
(Royal Poinciana)
Disanthus
Disanthus
cercidifolius
(Redbud Hazel)
Dodonaea
Dodonaea
viscosa
(Hop Bush)
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
pauciflora
subsp.
niphophila
(Alpine Snow Gum )
Eucalyptus
rodwayi
(Swamp Peppermint Eucalyptus )
Eucalyptus
urnigera
(Urn Gum)
Fontanesia
Fontanesia
philliraeoides
subsp.
fortunei
(Fontanesia)
Fraxinus
Fraxinus
americana
(White Ash )
Fraxinus
anomala
(Singleleaf Ash )
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica
(Green Ash)
Fraxinus
sieboldiana
(Siebold Ash, )
Gleditsia
Gleditsia
triacanthos
(Honeylocust)
Gleditsia
triacanthos
var.
inermis
(Thornless Honeylocust)
Gymnocladus
Gymnocladus
dioica
(Kentucky Coffeetree)
Juglans
Juglans
regia
(English Walnut )
Kalmia
Kalmia
polifolia
(Bog Laurel )
Laburnum
Laburnum
×
watereri
(Goldenchain Tree )
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia
fauriei
(Japanese Crepe Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia
indica
(Common Crape Myrtle )
Lapageria
Lapageria
rosea
(Chilean Bellflower )
Maackia
Maackia
amurensis
(Amur Maackia)
Maackia
chinensis
(Chinese Maackia)
Magnolia
Magnolia
denudata
(Yulan Magnolia)
Magnolia
lotungensis
(Eastern Joy Lotus Tree)
Magnolia
macrophylla
(Bigleaf Magnolia)
Paulownia
Paulownia
tomentosa
(Empress Tree )
Pieris
Pieris
formosa
var.
forrestii
(Chinese Pieris )
Pieris
japonica
var.
yakushimanum
'Prelude '
(Prelude Pieris )
Pittosporum
Pittosporum
heterophyllum
(Chinese Pittosporum)
Pittosporum
tobira
(Japanese Mock Orange )
Ptelea
Ptelea
trifoliata
(Hoptree )
Ptelea
trifoliata
subsp.
angustifolia
(Narrowleaf Hoptree )
Pyrus
Pyrus
salicifolia
'Pendula'
(Weeping Willow-leaved Pear)
Quercus
Quercus
imbricaria
(Shingle Oak)
Quercus
myrsinifolia
(Chinese Evergreen Oak )
Quercus
phellos
(Willow Oak)
Quercus
wislizeni
(Interior Live Oak )
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Robinia
Robinia
neomexicana
(New Mexican Locust )
Robinia
pseudoacacia
'Frisia'
(Frisia Black Locust)
Simmondsia
Simmondsia
chinensis
(Jojoba )
Styphnolobium
Styphnolobium
japonicum
(Japanese Pagodatree )
Styphnolobium
japonicum
Millstone™
(Millstone Japanese Pagodatree)
Ternstroemia
Ternstroemia
gymnanthera
(Japanese Ternstroemia)
Toona
Toona
sinensis
(Chinese Toon )
Yucca
Yucca
filamentosa
(Adam's Needle Yucca)
Yucca
glauca
( Small Soapweed )
Yucca
rostrata
(Big Bend Yucca )
Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum
americanum
(Prickly Ash )