Matt Mattus, Author at Growing With Plants

Crocus and Ruksans

March 27, 2006

The Eranthis hiemalis, or Winter Aconite are blooming between the tightly poised rocks in the new crevice garden, as are some new crocus purchased…

March 24, 2006

Cape bulbs in my greenhouse this week – where are the sunbirds? If I was a sunbird, I could be darting between the late…

March 20, 2006

e In the Alpine House, a number of the last bulbocodium type Narcissus are blooming (above). Narcissus tenuifolius, with foliage low to the ground,…

March 19, 2006

OMG! – When this monster bloomed this week, it made that trip to Japan (to hand-pick seed from Mr. Nakamura’s collection) worth the pain…

March 19, 2006

Why is it that every Clivia that blooms for the first time instantly becomes my current favorite. The flowers on this cross are smaller…

March 16, 2006

Todays Clivia picture is another cross of our own. Not sure if it is worth moving ahead breeding with, but I admit that I…

March 15, 2006

I am, and shall remain, an amateur plant breeder. So,it is with a dabble of pollen here, and a paintbrush there, that occaisonally I…

March 15, 2006

Clivia Daydream If your idea of a Clivia is the bright orange Clivia miniata, then bookmark this blog, since the first of a collection…

March 14, 2006

Hemispheres Both in spring, and autumn, the plant collector gets to enjoy a bit of cross-over. That strange period where plants from the southern…

March 14, 2006

Lovin’ the Lachenalia These easy of easiest bulbs still impress me, not only because of their ease, but because they perform so nicely in…