https://gardern.co.za/2019/03/create-original-spring-indoors-and-out/ Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://gardern.co.za/2019/03/create-original-spring-indoors-and-out/#comment-54 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 07:41:02 +0000 #comment-54 Hi Matt…
I discovered Schizanthus years ago and grew them every spring. Then seed became almost impossible to find. I located a source for it this winter and am once more growing it. Can't wait to see them bloom!

]]> https://gardern.co.za/2019/03/create-original-spring-indoors-and-out/#comment-53 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:30:13 +0000 #comment-53 It is sad that options are so limited, aren't they? I love that cape hyacinth! I have some of my indoor carnivorous plants that are in bloom at the moment. (My horticultural tastes walk a little on the weird side.) I love a lot of the blue pansies and will always have a nostalgic fondness for the Jonny-jump-up, but I don't care for the very formal primroses commonly sold. There are so much prettier primroses that I've seen in gardens but never in stores. One of these days I'll have to get some seed.

]]> https://gardern.co.za/2019/03/create-original-spring-indoors-and-out/#comment-52 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 23:35:32 +0000 #comment-52 Hi Matt! (Waving from Oklahoma!) Well, it's a fit and starts spring here. One day really warm, another needing a fire in the fireplace to keep my blood flowing. Sixty-two varieties of sweet peas! You constantly amaze me my friend. I have to agree with your opening paragraphs. It's hard to find the unusual among everything else. I searched out everywhere for some pretty pansies and violas I wanted to grow. I can't get over the clown pants mixture of garish yellow, purple, hot pink and white with dark faces that everyone here grow in commercial settings. Maybe they want us to see them at 60 mph? I don't know. I went a bit more subtle and then realized my fall-planted pansies were in fall colors. I'd forgotten so now I have clown pants of my own. Oh well…..

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