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Abutilon X hybridum
Chinese Bellflower
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Chinese Lantern
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Flowering Maple
1 Cultivar
Acalypha poiretii
Bristly Copperleaf
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Chenile Plant
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Chenille Plant
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Red-Hot Cattail
2 Cultivars
Acalypha wilkesiana
Cooperleaf
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Copper Plant
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Jacob's Coat
3 Cultivars
Acca sellowiana
Guava
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Pineapple Guava
7 Cultivars
Acer crataegifolium
Hawthorn Maple
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Uri Maple
Acer japonicum
Fullmoon Maple
3 Cultivars
Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'
Fernleaf Full Moon Maple
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Fernleaf Maple
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Full Moon Maple
1 Cultivar
Acer palmatum
Japanese Maple
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Japanese Maple Cultivars
7 Cultivars
Acer platanoides 'Stand Fast'
Stand Fast Maple
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Stand Fast Norway Maple
Adina rubella
Chinese Buttonbush
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Glossy Adina
Aesculus californica
California Buckeye
1 Cultivar
Aesculus parviflora
Bottlebrush Buckeye
1 Cultivar
Aesculus pavia
Firecracker Plant
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Red Buckeye
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Scarlet Buckeye
3 Cultivars
Aesculus sylvatica
Dwarf Buckeye
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Painted Buckeye
Agave salmiana
Century Plant
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Pulque Agave
Allamanda cathartica
Allamanda
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Golden-Trumpet
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Yellow Allamanda
5 Cultivars
Amelanchier alnifolia
Saskatoon Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Downy Serviceberry
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Serviceberry
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Shadblow
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Shadbush
Amelanchier canadensis
Serviceberry
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Shadbush
,
Shadbush Serviceberry
1 Cultivar
Amorpha canescens
Leadplant Amorpha
Amorpha fruticosa
Bastard Indigo
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Indigo Bush
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Indigo Bush Amorpha
1 Cultivar
Ampelopsis arborea
Buckvine
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Cow Itch
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Pepper Vine
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Porcelain Berry
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Porcelain Vine
1 Cultivar
Aralia spinosa
Devil's Walkingstick
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Devil's Walking Stick
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Hercules' Club
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Hercules's Club
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Hercules's-Club
1 Cultivar
Ardisia crenata
Coral Ardisia
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Coralberry
3 Cultivars
Aronia arbutifolia
Chokeberry
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Red Chokeberry
2 Cultivars
Aronia melanocarpa
Black Chokeberry
3 Cultivars
Aronia x prunifolia
Purple Chokeberry
Bambusa multiplex
Hedge Bamboo
Berberis candidula
Paleleaf Barberry
Berberis julianae
Wintergreen Barberry
2 Cultivars
Berberis koreana
Korean Barberry
Berberis thunbergii
Japanese Barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy'
Crimson Pygmy Japanese Barberry
Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea
Red Barberry
Berberis triacanthophora
Threespine Barberry
1 Cultivar
Berberis x mentorensis
Mentor Barberry
Bougainvillea glabra
Bougainvillea
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Lesser Bougainvillea
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Paperflower
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Paper Flower
Buddleja alternifolia
Alternate Leaf Butterfly Bush
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Fountain Butterfly Bush
2 Cultivars
Buddleja globosa
Orange Ball Tree
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Orange Butterfly Bush
Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Blue Chip'
Blue Chip Buddleja
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Blue Chip Butterfly Bush
Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Blue Chip Jr.’ PP #19991
Blue Chip Buddleja
,
Blue Chip Butterfly Bush
,
Lo & Behold®
,
Lo & Behold® Blue Chip Butterfly Bush
1 Cultivar
Buddleja 'Lochinch'
Lochinch Butterfly Bush
Buddleja x weyeriana
Weyeriana Butterfly Bush
4 Cultivars
Butia capitata
Jelly Palm
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Pindo Palm
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South American jelly palm
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Yatay palm
Buxus 'Green Velvet'
Boxwood
,
Green Velvet Boxwood
Caesalpinia
Bird-of-Paradise
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Dwarf Poinciana
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Pride of Barbados
Callicarpa bodinieri
Bodinier Beautyberry
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