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

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Holiday topiary get a trim for the new year

December 29, 2009

The art of training shrubs and trees into standard topiary shapes, comes and goes with the fashion of the moment, just as bonsai become…

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Going Hay Crazy for Ruth Stout. how could I ever forget!

December 28, 2009

You must see the newly discovered videos of Ruth Stout. Who is Ruth Stout you may ask? Well, thanks to fellow blogger Margaret Roach,…

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An overcast winter day reveals colorful evergreens

December 27, 2009

A Cedrus atlanticus, or the common Atlantic Cedar, sparkles in the melting snow.These golden evergreens are often seen as houseplants or mini Christmas trees,…

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December Flowers

December 27, 2009

I’ve noticed over the past years, that there are flowers, and of course, greens available in my zone 5 garden every month of the…

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Remembering ‘The Julia Child of Horticulture’, Thalassa Cruso

December 26, 2009

Opening title card for PBS’s 1960’s gardening program “Making Things Grow” by Thalassa Cruso Now that the pace and energy of Christmas and the…

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Christmas Eve, and all is quiet, and well

December 24, 2009

Vintage Nineteenth C. Holiday card showing CamelliasMy plant window over the kitchen sink in Holiday garb, this year, all white and green. Cyclamen, Stock,…

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Why Arrow Gas Company Sucks More Than Phytophera infestans

December 21, 2009

Anyone who keeps a greenhouse in a cold climate knows the risks of power failures or malfunctioning heaters. On this weekend before Christmas, I…

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Dreaming of a White Christmas

December 14, 2009

…and, peace, in the Greenhouse ( finally!), as the new furnace was hung and installed. Now, a nice, quite hum as it ignites, and…

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First measurable snow, time to prune!

December 7, 2009

I keep a number of large topiaried shrubs in the collection, mainly for decorative use, but as you can see here, they have planting…

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Thanksgiving Weekend Flowers

November 28, 2009

Fergus sleeps off a turkey hangover, behind the shaving brush blossoms of a large pot of Haemanthus albiflos.The South African evergreen geophyte, Haemanthus albiflos…

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