Comments on: Winter Conservatory Chrysanthemums https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/ Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:26:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-514 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 02:21:07 +0000 #comment-514 In reply to RiverView.

Thanks River View – fingers crossed!!!

]]> By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-513 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 02:20:36 +0000 #comment-513 In reply to Anonymous.

Oh 02568 – you know me so well. You have no idea how much I needed to read this today.. Kitchen doesn't look like it will even be halfway complete by Christmas now – just problems with whose doing it (health issues) and that holds us up, but health comes first. Maybe we'll target Easter now! Thanks so so much for the words of encouragement. Truly is helpful that someone is out there who understands. Cheers!!! Matt

]]> By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-512 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 02:18:44 +0000 #comment-512 In reply to Mlle Paradis.

OMG – Sargent, right? I knew it looked a little Lily, Lily Rose-ish! As ever, Mile Paradis! Means much coming from you! Cheers!

]]> By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-511 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 02:17:48 +0000 #comment-511 In reply to Denise.

Hey, thanks so much Denise. SO just curious – were you ever able to recreate that standard mum? I imagine that you would have had to take cuttings and start over again, probably easier to just buy a new one I suppose! I often dream of just having a porch on an apartment – talk about focus!

]]> By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-510 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 02:16:28 +0000 #comment-510 In reply to Kat Anderson.

Hi Kat, Good for you for getting back into what you love. Im convinced that sometimes we just need to step back a bit before going back into what we love. Everything just feels fresh again after a break. Thanks so much for you kind words of support!

]]> By: Kat Anderson https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-509 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 03:28:37 +0000 #comment-509 Hi Matt,
Because I moved and started a new Iris business I hadn't had the time to keep up with your blog-my loss, I am so happy to have the time to read it again. You have inspired me to get my 30' by 36' unheated greenhouse properly set up. So a little designing on benches, heat mats installed, lights up, cuttings taken and it's feeling workable.
Your exhibition chrysanthemums couldn't be more beautiful-and those lanterns! I have been having a great time reading your camellia and dahlia posts. The information you provide is invaluable.
Can hardly wait to see the results of your kitchen remodel!

]]> By: Denise https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-508 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:27:46 +0000 #comment-508 This wonderful post reminds me that, just a few years out of high school, one of the first plants I bought for the porch of an apartment in West Hollywood was a chrysanthemum beautifully grown on standard, so I definitely get the appeal. I think the little bonsai came out beautifully. I hope you provide an update on the kitchen. That can't be easy, to both honor your family's unique artistic history and update the kitchen in a way that allows you to entertain and cook as you desire. And thanks for the link to Kings!

]]> By: Mlle Paradis https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-507 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 00:39:07 +0000 #comment-507 omg. just a quick one – those chrysanthemums – those lanterns – the sargent-like photos! bravo! you have my condolences on the kitchen project – but oh the result and the memories thank god recede quickly. i hope that will be the case for you. anyway, gorgeous gorgeous hope you'll have happier memories soon. and i second "anonymous"/

]]> By: Anonymous https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-506 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 07:33:11 +0000 #comment-506 dear matt
thank you for this post.
the fate–gasp!– of the handpainted décorations was actually my first reaction to your mention of the kitchen renovation.
previously you have sighed out loud and asked rhetorically why do i "do this stuff" (such as the chrysanthemum project).
you set a high bar for certain kinds of meticulous activity, including gardening, which inspires the rest of us to try a little harder in the areas of our own interest.
what you do is a focused way of being challenged, of having an interest and following through by producing it. (not just passively taking in an idea and then wistfully letting it go again, the way many of us do.)
as long as you post this blog, or other projects to come, and promote plant societies, it isn't wasted effort.
people generally seem to experience personal creative death these days and are out of the habit of producing anything, it seems. they expect to be able to buy everything pre-made by someone else (like their gardener); have it made FOR them, but not BY them (and christmas, coming right up, is the epitome).
the chrysanthemums are splendid. thank you for letting us see them.
all best,
~ 02568

]]> By: RiverView https://gardern.co.za/2016/12/winter-conservatory-chrysanthemums/#comment-505 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 21:20:48 +0000 #comment-505 Thank you for letting US see all this, even if it was in photos — all the gorgeous mums, so beautifully grown. I can see your dream for the kitchen/dining space now, too — take heart, it WILL be finished, and so worth the wait.

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