Matt Mattus, Author at Growing With Plants

Botanizing the wild side of eBay

February 17, 2010

Uniflora darwinii, the seeds of this South American alpine Calceolaria are available from Strange Wonderful Things, a seller of unusual plant material on eBay,…

I’ve been tagged. Honest Scrap Award.

February 17, 2010

I am not so hip to the blogland lingo but apparently I have been “tagged” by Risa from Garden and the Good Life blog…

Oh, Saint Valentine

February 14, 2010

Around Valentines day, the tipping point happens – for by mid-February, the sun begins to feel stronger. One notices the days staying longer, (…

Try a Winter Study Weekend, Join Others Like You!

February 10, 2010

If you are finding that waiting for spring is driving you crazy, or if you are looking for something more interesting to do on…

Curating Annuals-Some odd, but stylish choices

February 8, 2010

There isn’t much that I don’t grow, but I always make room for annual flowers. I suppose it’s partly because they are some of…

TIme to vote – on the color of my blog!

February 7, 2010

Design is very important to me, so I take comments about my site design very seriously. I accept that as a designer, one cannot…

Hello, iPad! Goodbye Print On Paper

February 5, 2010

Apple’s new iPad will change everything for us gardeners who are missing good gardening books and journals.It’s here, well almost, and I am thrilled….

Potting up Geranium maderense,and more

February 1, 2010

The massive, and rarely seen Geranium maderense, which I had grown from seed last spring, is starting to mature. I am hoping that this…

A weed by any other name, Primula malacoides

February 1, 2010

In the fine Timber Press book PRIMULAS, the monster monograph on the genus primula by John Richards, one can discover that the lovely florist…

Who Will Bail Out This Seed Bank? Not me

January 27, 2010

If you thought politics was limited to the 41st Senate seat, a new survivalist movement driven by conspiracy theorists and teaparty extremists are even…