Author Archives: Robert LaHoff

Paperbush

Paperbush   One of the more exciting opportunities afforded to me during the winter is [...]

Leather Leaves

  Several years ago, while attending a trade show, I was asked what some of [...]

Winter Gardens

Winter Gardens Between the outstanding fall colors of deciduous trees and the early spring blooms [...]

Maritime Colours

  October of this year I had an opportunity to take something off my life [...]

Redneck Rhododendron

Redneck Rhododendron   When I first learned of this plant some years ago, immediately thoughts [...]

Portable Gardens

Portable Gardens        Late August of this year I attended the IGC (the Independent [...]

“Go For It”

“Go For It”     Who can forget the famous catchphrase “Go for it” muttered [...]

Scholar Tree

A Scholar and a Tree Across the street from our garden center, located on county [...]

Umbrella Pine

Umbrella Pine Sciadopitys verticillata or Japanese Umbrella pine has long been a curious creature that [...]

‘Pacific Fire’

         Fifteen years ago I started an annual trek across the country in [...]

Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune        Behind a privacy row of Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’ (Columnar European [...]

Going Native

  Those who know me well know that my passion for unique plants often leans [...]