Matt Mattus, Author at Growing With Plants

Bird House Round-Up

March 16, 2010

By Designer/artist Andrew Fallat. London designer Luke Morgan designed this prototype for a competition, but it shows how creative one can get with forms…

Ordering Tree Peonies- My Invitation to ‘Abundant Pleasure’

March 14, 2010

‘Angelete’ is a new, practically undefinable color in Tree Peonies in golden ambery peach.‘Black Panther’ is a dark, royal burgundy Tree Peony. How, how,…

A Thousand Words – First Week in March

March 8, 2010

Plantademy Awards-The good and the bad

March 8, 2010

Nothing say’s winter in Hollywood more than snow on a Monstera! Let me start this post by admitting that no one wants to go…

Plant Tag Round Up -A Look at Plant Labels

March 5, 2010

Wooden labels available from Terrain. Hand Crafted Wooden and Bamboo Labels available at Terrain. I am starting something new, and it’s called Round Up….

Winter’s Beauty and Fierceness

March 1, 2010

Some plants are just designed for snow. A grove of White Spruces display a horizontal motif on the Drake’s Creek train in the White…

Discovering Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

February 28, 2010

I order seeds from a number of seed companies, and, in an earlier post this past month, I shared some of my thoughts about…

A peaceful hike In the land of Bode Miller

February 23, 2010

I’ve been a slug this winter, and even though I drive by a gym every night, no, wait, I lied…..three gyms ( where I…

Exploring the Botanical Pools on Flickr

February 22, 2010

Flickr and Flickr Groups are very useful for seeing a plethora of species shot in the their wild habitats, and plants in private collections….

Move Over Harvard Glass Flowers…Mrs. Delany is in the house

February 19, 2010

A Pancratium umbel cut from paper in the 1700’s by paper artist Mary Delany ( British Museum Image) It may seem silly to report…