Skip to content
Growing With Plants

Growing With Plants

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

  • ABOUT MATT
  • CONTENT CREATION
  • GARDEN HISTORY
  • INSTAGRAM
  • Let’s Work Together
  • PRESS / AWARDS
  • SPEAKING

Category: Uncategorized

Exhibition Flowers – Why not grow the best?

January 2, 2012

JUDGES FROM THE NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY EVALUATING SWEET PEAS IN ENGLAND AS PART OF THE RHS WISLEY TRIALS. LEARNING WHAT VARIETIES OF FLOWERS…

Continue Reading

Greeting a Dawning Year

December 30, 2011

CONSERVATORY DELIGHTS WELCOME A NEW YEAR A COMPOSITION INSPIRED BY AN ENGRAVING PUBLISHED IN  THE YOUNG GARDENERS ASSISTANT by Thomas Bridgeman, 1853.  PERIOD FLOWERS,…

Continue Reading

Growing like it’s 1855 – Inspiration from the past for a new gardening year

December 29, 2011

A WARDIAN CASE IS DIFFERENT THAN A  At the end of each year, I treat myself to a small selection of rare gardening books….

Continue Reading

What’s in Bloom Today – Under Glass

December 26, 2011

I PICKED A VERY NINETEENTH CENTURY COMPOSITION IN THE GREENHOUSE TODAY. THESE ARE  FLOWERS ONE WOULD HAVE FOUND SOLD ON A DECEMBER STREET CORNER…

Continue Reading

A Happy Christmas to all….

December 26, 2011

 Although it is busy around the house here during the Holidays, I thought that I would just drop a note to wish all of…

Continue Reading

A mild December – What’s in bloom, outdoors.

December 22, 2011

A DAPHNE MEZEREUM ‘ALBA’ IS IN FULL BLOOM, ON THIS MILD, DECEMBER MORNING Every Few Years, we experience a mild December, if not a…

Continue Reading

Winter Greens, Blues and Pinks

December 18, 2011

ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR, HAS BRIGHT BLUE NEEDLES, AND GREY BRANCHES – JUST A TWIG OR TWO IN  A STONE CONTAINER BECOMES AN INSTANT HOLIDAY…

Continue Reading

Useful digital gifts which may surprise you (and them).

December 17, 2011

I’ll be honest, I started this post with just App’s for gardeners, but I reached a point where I felt that I could not…

Continue Reading

Listed in Martha Stewart Living!

December 17, 2011

I can’t believe that Growing With Plants made a best-of listing in the next issue of Martha Stewart Living Magazine. I am listed on…

Continue Reading

Botanical Wreaths from the Garden

December 13, 2011

A WALK AROUND THE GARDEN, CAN RESULT IN UNUSUAL MATERIALS FOR HOME-MADE WREATHS. THIS ALPINE WREATH WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH CLIPPINGS FROM ALPINE DAPHNE SPECIES,…

Continue Reading

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 57 58 59 … 126 Next

PAST POSTS

SUBSCRIBE FOR UPDATES

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

TOP POSTS

  • DESIGNING A LOW BUDGET FENCE THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS NICE
  • HOW TO GROW AND TRAIN A WISTERIA TREE
  • HOW TO SOW AND GROW SHIRLEY POPPIES
  • HOW TO GROW SWEET PEAS FOR CUT FLOWERS
  • HOW TO GROW ARTICHOKES FROM SEED AND HARVEST IN ONE YEAR
  • Growing Annual Vines in Pots
Copyright Growing With Plants. All rights reserved. | Theme by SuperbThemes
Growing With Plants
Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Bloggers Magazinely.