Boltonia asteroides

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Boltonia asteroides Common Name: Snowbank I grow boltonia all over my property, but it was the act of digging out a huge clump this afternoon, carefully dividing it, then throwing all of it on my new...

Bottomus umellatus

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Bottomus umellatus Common Name: Flowering Rush At the shallow end of a deep bay on the Winnipeg River in Ontario, I came upon a sparse settlement of this astonishingly beautiful marsh flower. Funny, I...

Baptisia x bicolor ‘Starlight Paririeblues’

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Baptisia x bicolor ‘Starlight Paririeblues’  (bap-tease-ee-uh) Common Name: False Indigo  If you’ve never grown Baptisia, your garden lacks one of the most distinctive, elegant perennials you’ll find....

Baptisia australis

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Baptisia australis (Bap-TEASE-ee-uh a-STRAW-less) Common Name: False Indigo One of my favorite perennials, and a mainstay of my garden for over a decade. Useful as a background specimen, it’s a...

Not Bamboo!

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Not Bamboo! I’ve just written an eleventh tenet of Renegade Gardening: When you give out gross misinformation on your Web site, admit it. Plus a twelfth tenet: When forced to impose the eleventh...

Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’ (uh-THIR-ee-um ni-PON-ih-cum) Common Name: Japanese Painted Fern The Perennial Plant Association, (PPA) a non-profit organization comprising growers, nursery owners, and other...