Author: Matt Mattus

LACHENALIA, THE CAPE HYACINTH ( left), SOME MORE CAMELLIAS AND CYMBIDIUMS IN PEAK BLOOM ON THIS SUPER-SUNNY SUNDAY Each year, there comes a time…

HARDENBERGIA VIOLACEA, AND AUSTRALIAN VINE ONCE COMMON IN OLD GREENHOUSES IN NEW ENGLAND, IT WAS BROUGHT BACK ON WHALING SHIPS IN THE LATE 18TH…

Some of the best coral easy-to-grow flowers that I can recommend are ( top left, clockwise) Dahlia ‘Beach Bum’, Dahlia ‘Coral Gypsy’, Zinnia Benary’s…

CLIVIA MINIATA X CAULESCENS Known as Clivia Interspecific Group, these crosses between two species of the common houseplant clivia, are often crosses between an…

Botanist’s continue to study and reevaluate certain genus, and one of the latest changes happened while no one was looking – don’t despair, every…

CAMELLIA’S LIKE THIS ARE STILL A LONG WAY OFF IN OUR ZONE 6a GARDEN, BUT MAYBE A FEW OF THE HARDIER FORMS WILL NOW…