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Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse.

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A Morning Glory, Morning.

October 7, 2010

 Face it…there is nothing quite like sublime blue hue of morning glories. OK, maybe the color of meconopsis, but true blue is rare in…

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Dahlia Farm Tour, part 2

October 6, 2010

MIXED DAHLIAS AT PLEASANT VALLEY GLADS AND DAHLIA FARM I almost forgot to publish the other half of my post from two weeks ago,…

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Autumn Blooms -Asters and Anemones

October 4, 2010

 Tall stems of Anemone hupehensis ‘Whirlwind'(formerly A. japonica), wave in the early autumn breeze. This variety is a double white form.  There are many…

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Canning Jar Round-Up

October 1, 2010

Look for French canning jars, such as this vintage fine on Etsy. Not secure enough a seal for true canning, but for quick pickles,…

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Rare Tender Rhododendrons for Greenhouses

October 1, 2010

The hard to find Rhododendron ‘Cinnkeys’ has tubular blossoms that look more like a Cyrtanthus falcata from South Africa ( a bulb in the…

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My Brunsvigia bosmaniae Blooms. A ‘documentary experience’, right in my own back yard.

September 27, 2010

BRUNSVIGIA BOSMANIAE Blooming in a large container “Is it? Is iT? Oh my gosh! Oh my Gosh, Oh my gosh!!! It’s a freaking bud”…

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The African Foxglove ( as if Africa has foxes …and gloves).

September 24, 2010

Ceratotheca triloba is hardly ‘new’, it was popular amongst the informed British gardeners in Victorian England, and featured  by Jos. Hooker in an 1888…

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The Gardening World Mourns the Loss of Wayne Winterrowd, horticultural Legend, Dead at 68.

September 22, 2010

Wayne Winterrowd (right) , garden book author, with his partner Joe Eck ( left). and their dog Harry. According to their son Fotios, “Today, there…

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Colchicum or Autumn Crocus? What should you plant?

September 22, 2010

Colchicum ‘Waterlily’, a single bulb will mature into a small clump in a few years.  Colchicum always surprise me. I mean, I know where…

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A Pleasant Visit to Pleasant Valley

September 21, 2010

First, the Glads….  Sunday we visited a local farm just over the border in West Suffield, CT called Pleasant Valley Glad’s and Dahlia’s. A…

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