Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Solenostemon (soul-en-oh-Stem-on) Common Name: Coleus I can’t think of a genus of plants grown for foliage that has more to offer than Solenostemon, hereafter “Coleus,” since no one in the world refers to...
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Sedum (see-dum) Common Name: Stonecrop Sedum ‘Cherry Truffle’ The tall sedums (as opposed to the groundcover stonecrop varieties) have received marked attention from plant breeders over the past twenty...
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Rhododendron ‘PJM’ (Row-doe-DEN-drun) She’s a beauty. Pictured is the oldest and largest PJM in my garden, a ten-year-old that tops out at just over five feet. The photo is from last spring. This is what...
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Pulmonaria spp. (puhl-mun-AIR-ee-uh) Common Name: Lungwort A few of these are already in bloom in Zone 4, with Zones 3 and 2 to follow. That’s right, here we have a large class of perennials hardy to...
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Polygonatum (puh-lig-oh-NATE-um) Common name: Soloman’s Seal How about an easy to grow, quick to expand, living sculpture of a plant that thrives in shade? It’s Soloman’s Seal, and I...
Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Polemonium reptans ‘Stairway to Heaven’ (po-luh-MOAN-ee-um rep-tans) Common Name: Creeping Jacob’s Ladder Mike Heger over at Ambergate Gardens in Victoria (MN) calls this his favorite new perennial in the...
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