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I am a Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison, Go Badgers!) organic chemist with a passion for golf and gardening. My grandfather got me interested in planting trees, shrubs, vegetables, etc. when I was a very young kid. Ive been doing so ever since. I started Rose gardening in 2003 and it has become a very addictive hobby. I bought a new home in 2001 and have spent the last few years landscaping the place. Im particularly fond of Black Gum trees and have planted several on my property along with many other species.

A list of trees that Ive planted on my property:

2 Autumn Gold Gingko
2 Zelkova Serrata (Village Green)
2 Autumn Blaze maples
1 October Glory maple
1 Red Sunset maple
21 Green Giant arborvitae
4 Black Gum
1 Ruby Katsura
4 Whitespire birch clumps
4 Serbian spruce
3 Fat Albert blue spruce
1 Acer Griseum
1 Acer palmatum "Hogyoku"
1 Acer palmatum "Fireglow"
1 Acer palmatum "Suminigashi"
1 Acer palmatum "Orange Dream"

Acer shirasawanum "Autumn Moon"
1 Cherokee Brave dogwood
1 Cornus Kousa var chinesis "Big Apple"
1 Butterflies magnolia
1 Magnolia soulangiana "Alexandrina"
2 Fuji apple
2 Granny Smith Apple
1 Montmorency cherry
2 Asian pears
1 Prairiefire crabapple
1 Sassafras
2 London Planetrees (Exclamation)
1 Yoshino cherry
1 Weeping Higan Cherry
2 Kwanzan cherry
1 River birch
2 Eastern Redbuds
1 Vanderwolf pine
1 Apple serviceberry

Shrubs that I have planted

6 Hinocrimson azaleas
8 Tradition azaleas
4 Rosebud azaleas
1 Blue Baron rhododendron
3 Roseum Elegans rhododendrons
3 PJM rhododendrons
3 Trilby rhododendrons
1 Crete rhododendrons
2 Blue Prince hollies
3 Blue Princess hollies
3 Hopi crape myrtles
2 Red Rocket crape myrtles
1 Acoma crape myrtle
1 Pokomoke crape myrtle
1 Red Heart rose-of-sharon
1 Lucy rose-of-sharon
1 Blue Satin rose-of-sharon
1 Arnold's Promise witchhazel
1 Wedgewood Blue lilac
6 Nikko Blue hydrangeas
4 All Summers Beauty hydrangeas
2 Madame Emille Mouillere hydrangeas
2 Glowing Embers hydrangeas
3 Endless Summer hydrangea
1 Snowball Viburnum
2 Minnesota Snowflake mockoranges
3 Burning Bushes
2 Showoff Forsythia
1 Royal Purple smokebush
1 Purpleleaf sandcherry
40 Ibolium Privet