Matt Mattus, Author at Growing With Plants

New York Botanical Garden – more autumnal inspiration

October 21, 2008

Here are a few more photos from our trip to the New York Botanical Garden. Above, the giant Queen Victoria waterlillys, with pads large…

KIKU – The Art of the Japanese Chrysanthemum at the New York Botanical Gardens

October 20, 2008

Chrysanthemums, trained to Ogiku style or ‘single-stem’ forms, are a traditional method of training certain chrysanthemums which require careful pinching, and disbudding throughout the…

Nerine Timey

October 13, 2008

Nerine sarniensis as cut flowers indoors. (The mural in our kitchen was painted by my dad in 1948, it features all of my brothers…

Moving Plants into greenhouse

October 7, 2008

We spent last weekend moving plants and tubs of trees into the greenhouse, since I will be traveling next weekend.Check out the size of…

Cyclamania

September 25, 2008

Tis the season for Cyclamen, and I don’t mean those blousy, cabbagy, foil wrapped florist Clyclamen available at your local supermarket, although, they have…

CURATING A DAHLIA GARDEN BY COLOR

September 22, 2008

My dahlias this year were selected by color. Oh….so nice! There are 3 reasons why I am growing Dahlias this year. First, there is…

Vernally Speaking…

September 22, 2008

Colchicum make great and fragrant cut flowers, often lasting over a week in water ( even without water!). No need for standing eggs on…

Corydalis wilsonii seed

September 10, 2008

The tender alpine house Corydalis, C. wilsonii, has set seed late this year. This monocarpic Corydalis has interested me for a while,ever since seeing…

Growing Tuberous Begonias

August 24, 2008

Blackmore & Langdon Exhibition Begonias This year I made a significant investment in growing Tuberous Begonias. Two years ago, while attending the Chealsea Flower…

Dahlias and Dhucks

August 16, 2008

August isn’t August, without Dahlias, and Dhucks.A rainbow of Dahlias – the first picking of a carefully selected color palette that I ordered on-line…