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Additional Information
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Nandina
Nandina
domestica
'Filamentosa' none
Olearia
Olearia
macrodonta
(Daisy Bush )
Olneya
Olneya
tesota
(Ironwood)
Photinia
Photinia
davidiana
(Chinese Stranvaesia )
Photinia
davidiana
var.
undulata
(Wavy-leafed Chinese Stranvaesia)
Photinia
×
fraseri
(Fraser Photinia)
Photinia
×
fraseri
Pink Marble™
(Pink Marble Photinia)
Photinia
glabra
(Japanese Photinia)
Pieris
Pieris
formosa
var.
forrestii
(Chinese Pieris )
Pieris
japonica
(Japanese 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
tenuifolium
'Marjorie Channon'
(Marjorie Channon Pittosporum )
Pittosporum
tobira
(Japanese Mock Orange )
Prunus
Prunus
caroliniana
(Carolina Cherrylaurel )
Prunus
ilicifolia
(Hollyleaf Cherry )
Prunus
laurocerasus
(Cherry Laurel )
Prunus
laurocerasus
'Marbled Dragon'
(Marbled Dragon Laurel)
Prunus
laurocerasus
'Mt. Vernon'
(Mt. Vernon Laurel)
Prunus
laurocerasus
'Otto Luyken'
(Otto Luyken's Laurel)
Prunus
laurocerasus
'Zabeliana'
(Zabel's Laurel)
Prunus
lusitanica
(Portuguese Cherry Laurel .)
Pyracantha
Pyracantha
(Firethorn)
Pyracantha
coccinea
(Scarlet Firethorn)
Pyracantha
koidzumii
(Formosan Firethorn)
Quillaja
Quillaja
saponaria
(Soap-bark Tree )
Rhaphiolepis
Rhaphiolepis
indica
(Indian Hawthorn)
Rhaphiolepis
indica
'Pink Lady'
(Pink Lady Indian Hawthorn)
Rhaphiolepis
umbellata
(Yeddo Rhaphiolepis )
Rhaphiolepis
umbellata
'Minor'
(Dwarf Yeddo Rhaphiolepis)
Rhododendron (defines evaluations)
Rhododendron
'Dreamland'
(Dreamland Rhrododendron)
Rhododendron
'Vulcan'
(Vulcan Rhododendron)
Rhododendron
groenlandicum
(Labrador-tea)
Rhus
Rhus
integrifolia
(Lemonade Berry )
Rhus
ovata
(Sugar Bush)
Santolina
Santolina
chamaecyparissus
(Lavender Cotton)
Santolina
virens
(Green Lavender Cotton )
Skimmia
Skimmia
japonica
(Japanese Skimmia)
Skimmia
reevesiana
(Reeves Skimmia)
Tasmannia
Tasmannia
lanceolata
(Mountain Pepper)
Thevetia
Thevetia
peruviana
(Yellow Oleander )
Vaccinium
Vaccinium
sikkimense
(Sikkim Blueberry)
