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Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Blue Chip Jr.’ PP #19991
Blue Chip Buddleja
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Blue Chip Butterfly Bush
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Lo & Behold®
,
Lo & Behold® Blue Chip Butterfly Bush
Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Pink Micro Chip’
Pink Micro Chip Buddleja
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Pink Micro Chip Butterfly Bush
1 Cultivar
Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Purple Haze’
Purple Haze Buddleja
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Purple Haze Butterfly Bush
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Summer Lilac
1 Cultivar
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Rubicon' = C. thyoides 'Red Star'
Rubicon White Cedar
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Rubicon White Cypress
Gardenia augusta 'Crown Jewel' PP #19896
Crown Jewel Gardenia
1 Cultivar
Gardenia jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy'
Cape Jasmine 'Kleim's Hardy'
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Kleim's Hardy Gardenia
Kalmia latifolia
Calico Bush
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Ivy Bush
,
Mountain Ivy
,
Mountain Laurel
,
Spoonwood
11 Cultivars
Linnaea x ‘Rose Creek’
Rose Creek Abelia
Nandina domestica 'Fire Power'
Fire Power Nandina
Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf'
Harbour Dwarf Nandina
Nandina domestica 'San Gabriel'
San Gabriel Nandina
Nandina domestica 'Wood's Dwarf'
Wood's Dwarf Nandina
Nymphaea 'Helvola'
Helvola
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Yellow Pygmy
Picea abies 'Maxwellii'
Maxwell's Norway Spruce
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Maxwell Spruce
Picea abies 'Nidiformis'
Birdsnest Spruce
Picea abies 'Pumila'
Pumila Norway Spruce
Picea abies 'Pumila Glauca'
Dwarf Blue Norway Spruce
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Norway Spruce
Picea mariana 'Nana'
Blue Nest Spruce
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Dwarf Black Spruce
Pinus aristata
Bristlecone Pine
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Colorado Bristlecone Pine
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Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine
Pinus mugo 'Compacta'
Dwarf Mugo Pine
Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
Cherry Laurel
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English Laurel
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Otto Luyken Cherry Laurel
Wisteria frutescens ‘Amethyst Falls’
Amethyst Falls Wisteria
1 Cultivar
