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

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I’M READY FOR SPRING BUT IT’S STILL TOO EARLY TO FORCE THOSE BULBS

January 11, 2015

Can you guess what this plant is – – It’s a Cymbium elegant ( see photo of it at the end of this post-…

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A DEEP FREEZE IN THE GREENHOUSE

January 9, 2015

TO anyone who lives in a cold climate with a greenhouse, as freeze is inevitable. Why they always happen on the coldest night of…

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ANNOUNCING MY VERY SPECIAL SWEET PEA GROWING WORKSHOP JANUARY 31st AT TOWER HILL BOTANIC GARDEN

January 8, 2015

I think this is pretty cool. If have been dreaming of raising tall, long-stemmed exhibition-quality English Sweet Peas, you are going to love this…

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MORE WISH-LIST ITEMS FROM MY VISIT TO UCONN

January 5, 2015

I keep thinking about my visit to the University of Connecticut greenhouses last week, and while revisiting my photos, I am even more inspired…

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MAKING PRESERVED LEMONS WITH KELLY MARSH

January 4, 2015

Preserved, salted lemons, or  L’Hamb Marakad ( or ‘Sleeping Lemons’) so popular now in many upscale restaurants and on cooking shows is easy –…

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THE RARE, CURIOUS AND JUST PLAIN AWESOME WITHIN THE UCONN GREENHOUSES

December 31, 2014

ANT PLANTS, LIKE THIS MYRMECODIA SPECIES,  HAVE SWOLLEN STEMS IN WHICH ANTS LIVE – THIS ONE T THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT / STORRS GREENHOUSES…

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WHAT’S IN BLOOM THIS DECEMBER

December 28, 2014

A DAPHNE MEZEREUM ‘ALBA’ OPENS A FLOWER NEAR OUR GREENHOUSE WALK, RESPONDING TO THE MILD WINTER TEMPERATURES THIS DECEMBER. IT WILL BLOOM SPORADICALLY –…

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A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

December 25, 2014

Merry Christmas everyone! While picking camellias from the greenhouse for our Christmas Eve dinner,- I thought that I might share some images from our…

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THE CHRISTMAS CACTUS AND ITS LITTLE SECRET ABOUT FLOWERING

December 15, 2014

It’s a Schlumbergera party! And it seems that I have been focusing on inviting only the newer varieties ( most in the S. truncata…

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BUSY LIKE AN ELF…LITERALLY.

December 10, 2014

I feel as if I need to post something, as my Holiday break closes in. So here are a few random images from the…

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