Matt Mattus, Author at Growing With Plants

late season Lachenalia

April 4, 2007

Lachenalia aloides var. anzyliae If you grow Lachenalia, most likely you grow one of the new Lacehalia aloides clan. This species is by far…

The Collectors Species Narcissus

March 27, 2007

Narcissus triandrus ssp. triandrus A parent of many of the triadrus hybrids that one finds at garden centers like Thalia, this precious rare bulb…

A lion in March, and Pi day

March 18, 2007

Clivia Cyrtanthiflora Group selections Anyone who lives in New England knows that March can often bring the worst winter weather, fierce Nor’Easters and blizzards…

The lost Camellias of New England

March 12, 2007

A peppermint colored rose form Camellias may be iconographic to the south, and grown in southern California, but they also have a rich heritage…

Frit’s and Acacia’s

March 5, 2007

Acacia pravissima blooms in the cold greenhouse in March Native to New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, where the seem for this Acacia came from,…

Romulea season

February 25, 2007

Romulea bulbocodium ssp. leichtliniana The Genus Romulea is relatively unknown by most, since one rarely finds the corms available in the trade, and thus,…

Seeds then and now- a nostalgic moment

February 17, 2007

How things change over time given intellect, passions and curiosity. There once was a time, perhaps when I was in grade school, that I…

Beware Groundhogs…flowering begins

February 2, 2007

Corydalis wilsonii under glassTwo weeks aso, at the NARGS Eastern Study Weekend, Corydalis expert, Henrick Zetterlund told me that the best way to cultuvate…

Winter arrives

February 1, 2007

Look closely and see the dollar bills flying out of the furnace.The NARGS WINTER STUDY WEEKEND is over, and I am recouping from a…

Off the the NARGS Winter Study Weekend

January 18, 2007

Today Joe and I are off to attend the North American Rock Garden Society’s Eastern Winter Study Weekend, held this year in Rochester, NY….