Matt Mattus, Author at Growing With Plants

Fragrantissima! It must be college time.

September 9, 2009

Late summer does bring more to gardeners than cold nights and mums, it also means that plants are maturing, and competing for bees, pollinators…

September 3, 2009

An alpine meadow of Soldanella, at 13,000 Ft. in Switzerland. From the book, I’ll never write. The Cruel Irony of Garden Blogging If you…

September 1, 2009

Actaea pachypoda, or Dolls Eyes, reminds us all that Halloween is not far away. As fall sweeps in with 45 degree F temps last…

September 1, 2009

I know I mentioned this before, but late August is actually a slow time in the garden, aside from picking vegetables and repotting the…

August 31, 2009

I know, it’s a little overkill for a kitchen sink ( pardon the dirty stock pot), but with all of the rain we’ve been…

August 29, 2009

A yellow Kniphofia blooms in the front yard. Common for you? The are not common in a New England Garden, for this is as…

August 24, 2009

Tis the season for Fuchsia’s, and these upright forms are my favorite for displays since they can be used in pots, and staked vertically….

August 24, 2009

There are a few bulbs in my collection, that I lug back and forth from the greenhouse, each year, as they slowly mature. Many…

August 20, 2009

Time for a little summertime fun. Those who know me know I have an addiction to not only rare plants, but to all tattoos…

August 18, 2009

This new variety was one of two rhyzome cuttings that I received from Jan and Marty at Joe Pie Weed ) Oh…reminds me, my…