Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Astrantia major (uh-STRAN-shuh MAY-jur) Common Name: Masterwort A. major ‘Abbey Road’ Perennials with both arresting flowers and attractive foliage that grow robustly in part to full shade are not rare,...
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Astilbe ‘Rise and Shine’ Sporting very large heads of hot pink blooms atop strong, stiff stems, ‘Rise and Shine’ stands apart from other varieties of the genus. A newer hybrid out of Europe, lineage born...
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Astilbe (uh-STILL-bee) Common Name: none, you already know the Latin, Astilbe Astilbe x arendsii ‘Fanal’ Astilbes are an essential perennial, one of the real stars of the light shade garden....
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Aster (ASS-ter) Common Name: same For too many years I headed into the fall season relying solely on mums to provide the major blocks of color to my garden. No longer. Asters (and I’m going to...
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Asarum canadense (a-SAR-rum can-a-DEN-see) Common Names: Canadian Wild Ginger, Snakeroot, Ginger Root, False Coltsfoot Here’s a multi-purpose, low-maintenance, easy-to-grow, Zone 4 shade groundcover...
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Angelonia ‘Blue Ice’ (an-gel-OH-nee-uh) Common Name: summer snapdragon Heat, heat, heat. Everyone wants to know some good annuals that will survive in full sun in blistering, heat. Well, Angelonia is one....
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