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List of contents
INTRODUCTION
GETTING YOUR GARDEN STARTED
SPRING BLOOMS
SNOWDROP
CROCUS
HELLEBORE
WINTER ACONITE
NARCISSUS
TULIP
HYACINTH
WOODLAND ANEMONES
BLEEDING HEART
RANUNCULUS
ALLIUM
ANEMONE CORONARIA
FORGET-ME-NOT
COLUMBINE
FEATURED FLOWERS PRIMROSE
IRIS
LILAC
SUMMER BLOOMS
LAVENDER
AGAPANTHUS
WISTERIA
PEONY
ASTER
COSMOS
MARIGOLD
ZINNIA
AMARANTHUS
AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR
AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS
CELOSIA
CLARKIA (GODETIA)
CLARKIA
GLOBE AMARANTH
STRAWFLOWER
PETUNIA
MISSION BELLS
ANNUAL PHLOX
SALPIGLOSSIS (PAINTED TONGUE)
BUTTERFLY FLOWER
DIASCIA (TWINSPUR)
ACROCLINIUM
MIMULUS (MONKEY FLOWER)
NEMESIA
TASSEL FLOWER
BIRD’S EYE GILIA
VISCARIA (GERMAN CATCHFLY)
VACCARIA (COW COCKLE)
MEXICAN SUNFLOWER
BLACK-EYED SUSAN
SUNFLOWER
COREOPSIS
FLOWERING TOBACCO
DELPHINIUM
LARKSPUR
SUMMER GLOXINIA
SNAPDRAGON
AFRICAN FOXGLOVE
FOXGLOVE
BRACHYCOME SWAM RIVER DAISY
TWEEDIA (BLUE MILKWEED)
FELICIA
PHACELIA (CALIFORNIA BLUEBELLS)
ANNUAL MALLOW
HOLLYHOCK
ANNUAL HIBISCUS
LAVATERA (ROSE MALLOW)
SCABIOSA (PINCUSHION FLOWER)
TRACHELIUM (BLUE THROATWORT)
FALSE QUEEN ANNE’S LACE
FLOWERING CARROT
CUPHEA
CERINTHE MAJOR (HONEYWORT)
TUBEROSE
MIGNONETTE
SCENTED VIOLET
FEATURED FLOWERS SWEET PEA
POPPY
LILY
STOCK
PEONY
LAVENDER
WISTERIA
AUTUMN BLOOMS
FEATURED FLOWERS DAHLIA
GLADIOLUS
CHRYSANTHEMUM
WINTER BLOOMS
FEATURED FLOWERS AMARYLLIS
PAPERWHITE
CHRISTMAS CACTUS
TENDER INDOOR BULBS
CAMELLIA
CLIVIA
FORCED HARDY FLOWERS
RESOURCES
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
MEET MATT MATTUS
About the author
Matt Mattus is an American visual designer, artist, horticulturist, and futurist. He is also a third generation gardener of his family property in Massachusetts and the author of
Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening. Matt’s popular gardening blog, Growing with Plants, has garnered recognition in leading lifestyle magazines and is frequently voted a top five gardening blog. It has won many national awards and nominations and has earned a loyal following of fans. He has served for three years as a trustee of the Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston, MA), is Vice President of the 175-year-old Worcester County Horticultural Society, sits on the board of the
Tower Hill Botanic Garden as a trustee, and is also President of the prestigious North American Rock Garden Society. Matt is very active in many plant societies and is a popular speaker at botanic gardens, specialist plant societies, and at horticultural conferences. For 28 years, Mattus was employed by Hasbro, Inc. in creative roles ranging from Creative Director to Visual Futurist in their top-secret Innovation and Invention Lab. Currently, Matt lives in Worcester, Massachusetts.
