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

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Plant Trials

Growing Annual Vines in Pots

Plant Trials

My Surprising Nicotiana Trial Results

Plant Trials

Salpiglossis Techniques and Trials

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A Comprehensive review of all the wrong ways to grow Salpiglossis found on the Internet.

How to Grow Zaluzianskya capensis, the Night Phlox

August 19, 2020

I can remember the first time I read about Zaluziantkya – trying to pronounce it in my head before daring to speak it out…

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Site Re-design Underway!

August 14, 2020

I’m finally updating my site and blog. Hopefully it will be a better experience for you as well as for me! All I ask…

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Bill Noble’s Spirit of Place Paints a Grand yet Personal Portrait

June 29, 2020

Spirit of Place is the ideal book for any plant lover or even, the serious plantsperson.  While 2020 is turning out to be, at…

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Springing Forth Against All Odds: Rare Annuals, and A Garden Update

May 20, 2020

My new border garden is about 60% complete, but like all good garden designs, development takes time. This urn is temporary until I find…

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Book Giveaway – Jennifer Jewell’s ‘The Earth is in Her Hands’

May 5, 2020

Jennifer Jewell’s ‘The Earth is in Her Hands’ offers readers insight into the backstories and inspiration behind 75 of the most extraordinary women in…

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CULTIVATING OPTIMISM AND RESILIENCE WITH A VICTORY GARDEN

March 24, 2020

When I look at our storeroom in the cellar (cork-lined and full of canned goods that my mother who would have been 100 this…

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Just Out: My New Flower Book

March 20, 2020

Annual poppies are not easy to grow, at least not for most people. Oriental poppies? Much easier, as they are a long lived perenial….

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Two Outstanding Gardening Books for those Long, Winter Nights

January 21, 2020

Two rock stars of the gardening world have recently release significant works worthy of any gardeners bookshelf. Ken Druse’s ‘The Scentual Garden’ and Amy…

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Tulips, Alliums and thoughts about spring Bulbs

October 1, 2019

Dare yourself to try tulips in colors you normally would not plant. A red tulip may be more complex in color than you might…

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It’s Just Art. Curating Botanic Harmony and Some Common Sense Gardening

August 18, 2019

Just as an artist creates a composition, what we choose to grow and how we combine it with others in the garden is As…

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