Matt Mattus, Author at Growing With Plants

Growing with Plants, Grows!

March 31, 2009

A double green-flowered Primula auricula, rarely seen in the US. First, my URL has changed ( finally!) to www.growingwithplants.com.Welcome new readers, to my blog…

Unusual Winter Blooming Gladiolus Species

March 29, 2009

Ahhhh…The Scent of Gladiolus tristus. For those of you lucky enough to have a cold greenhouse, the species Gladiolus offer some incredible scents and…

Starting Seeds, Indoors and Out

March 23, 2009

Nothing says spring, better than getting into the soil and working it. In New England, the old ‘yankee’s’ followed the rule that peas should…

Mystery Plant spring bloom

March 23, 2009

A spring rainbow….even though there are heavy snow squalls outside of the glass, today. From the left, Primula malacoides,Vireya ‘Valentine;, an interspecific Clivia, a…

March Madness

March 21, 2009

Every March, the greenhouse almost has too many flowers in it. Some new tender shrubs that I bought for the greenhouse include this Correa…

NARGS WWSW OMG! Day 1

March 14, 2009

A first for me, A pot of Notholirion thomsonianum, of course! Oh, to live and garden in the North West…….someone please find me a…

Off to Oregon for a long weekend

March 11, 2009

I’l leaving for Portland Oregon for a number of reasons, for a long weekend. I love this city, and can’t beleive that it been…

Getting ready for another snowstorm

March 2, 2009

Gethyllis ciliaris I’ve had this rare bulb for two years, but they have remained dormant, until this winter. According to Paul Christian, these should…

February Valentines Day Bloom

February 17, 2009

Sorry for the delay in posting, Joe fell down the stairs Saturday mornings as a nice VD gift to himself, and ended up with…

A Home, a Garden, a Family, a Lifetime.

February 9, 2009

This weekend my Dad turned 95 years old.Here he is, in a photo from 1929 at thier clubhouse, up on Packachoag Hill, behind our…