Sources for Cheap (or Free!) Plants
Having a nice-looking garden doesn’t have to come with a high price. There are several ways the frugal gardener can get plants for free. Some of these are:
* Websites like Craigslist and Freecycle. You can ask for specific plants that you’re looking for and other gardeners are trying to get rid of.
* Your local landscapers. Some of them may have plants they’ve dug up on jobs and are going to throw away anyway.
* Your neighborhood nursery. Plants that they’re unable to sell might be worth salvaging for your own garden.
* Garden clubs. Plant swaps are a popular way for gardeners to increase their collections.
source: KeyeTV
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3 opinions for Sources for Cheap (or Free!) Plants
Joe Kubitschek
Jun 29, 2007 at 12:52 am
Another great way is grow your own. Take the dead flower head from a plant you like and inside is usually seeds. Plant them, feed them, water them and there you go. Marigolds work really well this way.
Ace
Sep 13, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Adding to what Joe said, you can also very often ask for a “baby plant” from, say, spider plant, or pinch a leaf from certain ones like begonia, put it into water and wait until it grows roots, then grow!
Karen Cook
Oct 11, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I placed an ad to remove “weeds” for free from yards nearby. I got some terrific plants that way! What is one person’s weed is an exotic plant to someone else!
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