Euphorbia

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Euphorbia  (you-FOR-bee-uh) Common Name: Spurge Ran across some E. polychroma (Cushion Spurge) starting its fall turn into a blazing, reddish dazzler, and couldn’t figure out why I hadn’t...

Eupatorium rugosum ‘Chocolate’

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Eupatorium rugosum ‘Chocolate’ Common Name: (White Snakeroot) I can’t understand why last year was the first time I brought this magnificent perennial home. Never grew it before, finally...

Diervilla lonicera

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Diervilla lonicera (Dire-VILL-uh lon-ih-sara) Common Name: Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle Here’s a tough-to-kill, tried-and-true blooming shrub that will perform well in your garden year after year. Dwarf bush...

Dictamnus albus

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Dictamnus albus (I say dik-TAM-nus, some say dik-TOM-nus) Common Name: gas plant Here’s a very easy to grow May-June bloomer that has never caught on to a huge extent, and I don’t know why....

Delphinium

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Delphinium  (del-FIN-ee-uhm) Common Name: Larkspur That varieties of Delphinium are considered high maintenance and somewhat more difficult to grow than a majority of perennials is of no consequence to...

Cotinus coggygria

Dec 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Cotinus coggygria (coh-TINE-us co-gig-reah) Common name: Eurasian Smokebush The first time I can remember being enough of a gardener to notice a distinctly different – looking shrub in a garden setting, it...