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

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Can you guess what this plant is?

June 20, 2012

MUSSAENDA HYBRID ‘DOUBLE RED’ It’s like Christmas in June, except we here in New England are about to have a three day heat wave…

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Poppies, Roses and Peas – June is Busting Out All Over

June 18, 2012

GREY POPPIES? SURE. LOOK FROM SELECTIONS WITH GENTLE COLOR PALETTES, SUCH AS THIS  STRAIN CALLED ‘MOTHER OF PEARL’, WHERE COLORS SUCH AS GREY, PEARL…

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Averting A Disaster with Sweet Peas

June 14, 2012

It was touch and go, just a week ago, as my sweet pea crop began to fail, seemingly overnight, just as the first flowers…

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New England Idyls – the Garden of Gioia Browne and Jim Marsh

June 14, 2012

A PAIR OF VINTAGE FRENCH BISTRO CHAIRS INVITE GUESTS TO REST UNDER TOWERING AMERICAN ELMS AT THE HOME OF GIOIA BROWNE AND JIM MARSH…

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And the Bobolinks Rejoiced – A visit to Sakonnet Garden

June 11, 2012

Herbaceous  single white Peonies and clipped box and holly hedges demonstrate great a thoughtfullness ( not restraint) in a part of the world where blue…

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This Summer’s Biggest Blockbuster? It’s a Tomato in Red Tights.

June 8, 2012

It’s a bird, it’s a plane….it’s a Mighty Mato®. Relax, he far from genetically modified. No spider bite turned this passive solananoid into a…

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Color Palette Combinations in the Garden

June 6, 2012

Entirely from the garden, this bouquet is not only a stylish palette, it is intensely fragrant – rich with the scent of Heliotrope, Sweet…

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Ducklings!

June 4, 2012

THREE DAY OLD INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS Our shipment of baby ducklings arrived today, a dozen mallard-colored Indian Runners all fluffy and full of peeps…

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Sweet Pea Project Update and Fertilizing Notes

June 3, 2012

Spencer varieties of Sweet Peas, being trained in the cordon method – bamboo poles with a single stem tied to each, are progressing nicely,…

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Rare, Just Yummy or Plain Unusual Garden Flowers for May

May 29, 2012

PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM ‘DRAMA QUEEN’ LUSCIOUS PLUM AND VIOLET STREAKED BLOOMS FROM THIS TENDER POPPY THAT MUST BE SEEDED WHERE IT WILL DECIDE FORYOU WHERE…

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