Matt Mattus, Author at Growing With Plants

Madagascar Summer

August 16, 2006

Uncarina grandidieri has 3″ wide flowers Caudex or Caudiciform plants are perhaps the strangest plants which are collected by enthusiasts. What often look like…

Oh… whoa… whoa… it’s magic, (I know)

August 11, 2006

Around the world Epyphyllum oxypetalum bloom precisely during the full moon of summer HAWAII, HONOLULU, SEPTEMBER 1981……. I attending college in Hawaii. (yeah, I…

GARDEN TRENDS: Hello Japan 1

August 9, 2006

The Samurai Orchid, Neofinetia falcata Gardening and collecting plants is an experiencce which is so deeply personal to each of us, often rooted just…

Brugmansia Fragrance

August 7, 2006

Brugmansia cultivars love the heat and humidity A week ago today, the buds on this yellow Brugmansia were only an inch ,ong or so,…

Staying Cool with Stylish White

August 4, 2006

Gardenia blossoms smell better in the moist summer air If gardenias were wine, connoisseurs would advise that to appreciate the deep, rich, complexity of…

Summer Variegation

July 31, 2006

July variegation ranges from stripes, to spots Stong and violent thunderstorms blew through our garden last evening, drenching the plants with natures Gatorade. These…

Repotting dormant bulbs: Bulbous Oxalis

July 29, 2006

The rarer and slow growing Bulbous Oxalis species perform best when repotted in the summer while they are dormant. The highly collectable bulbous Oxalis…

Easy Gentians for beginers

July 27, 2006

The easy Gentiana daurica is available at many garden centers If you are looking for that clear, gentian blue color, then you really must…

Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. Katherinae

July 24, 2006

This Scadoxus was once known as Haemanthus Once classified by taxonomists as Haemanthus katernae, the re-classified Scadoxus multiflorus subspecies Katherinae is more commonly known…

The orchid days of summer

July 18, 2006

Rhyncholaelia digbyana displaying its finest fimbriation on a hot and humid evening in July Perhaps more suited to this hot and humid, near 100…