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Adenium
Adenium
obesum
(Desert Rose )
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos
× 'Austin Griffiths'
(Austin Griffiths Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
(Santa Cruz 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 )
Camellia
Camellia
japonica
(Japanese Camellia)
Camellia
sasanqua
(Sasanqua Camellia)
Carpenteria
Carpenteria
californica
(Bush Anemone)
Ceratonia
Ceratonia
siliqua
(Carob )
Crinodendron
Crinodendron
hookerianum
(Chilean Lantern Tree)
Delonix
Delonix
regia
(Royal Poinciana)
Dodonaea
Dodonaea
viscosa
(Hop Bush)
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
pauciflora
subsp.
niphophila
(Alpine Snow Gum )
Eucalyptus
rodwayi
(Swamp Peppermint Eucalyptus )
Eucalyptus
urnigera
(Urn Gum)
Hesperaloe
Hesperaloe
parviflora
(Red Yucca)
Kalmia
Kalmia
polifolia
(Bog Laurel )
Lapageria
Lapageria
rosea
(Chilean Bellflower )
Leucothoe
Leucothoe
fontanesiana
(Drooping Leucothoe)
Leucothoe
fontanesiana
'Girard's Rainbow'
(Girard's Rainbow Leucothoe)
Magnolia
Magnolia
lotungensis
(Eastern Joy Lotus Tree)
Pieris
Pieris
formosa
var.
forrestii
(Chinese Pieris )
Pieris
japonica
(Japanese Pieris )
Pieris
japonica
var.
yakushimanum
'Prelude '
(Prelude Pieris )
Pieris
japonica
'Valley Valentine'
(Valley Valentine Pieris)
Pieris
japonica
'Variegata'
(Variegated Peiris)
Pieris
japonica
'Flaming Silver'
(Flaming Silver Pieris)
Pittosporum
Pittosporum
heterophyllum
(Chinese Pittosporum)
Pittosporum
tobira
(Japanese Mock Orange )
Quercus
Quercus
agrifolia
(Coast Live Oak)
Quercus
berberidifolia
(California Scrub Oak )
Quercus
myrsinifolia
(Chinese Evergreen Oak )
Quercus
suber
(Cork Oak)
Quercus
turbinella
(Scrub Live Oak)
Quercus
wislizeni
(Interior Live Oak )
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Santolina
Santolina
chamaecyparissus
(Lavender Cotton)
Santolina
virens
(Green Lavender Cotton )
Simmondsia
Simmondsia
chinensis
(Jojoba )
Ternstroemia
Ternstroemia
gymnanthera
(Japanese Ternstroemia)
Yucca
Yucca
filamentosa
(Adam's Needle Yucca)
Yucca
glauca
( Small Soapweed )
Yucca
rostrata
(Big Bend Yucca )