Every dollar you can save in the design, planting and maintenance of your garden gives you more dollars to buy plants! Frugal gardening at its best.

If you'd like to make your home feel more secluded and ensure more privacy from peering neighbors, these plants are for you.

Some annuals take longer than others to reach blooming size, so it makes sense to give them a head start indoors.

You can collect seeds from flowers already in your garden! Even if you buy packets, though, these flowers are the most easily grown from seed.

Self-sowing plants are a cost saver in anyone's garden. You get all the flowers without spending any money or putting forth any effort!

When the squirrels dig up your bulbs and the deer eat your plants, move your bulbs to containers nearer the house. These bulbs do well in containers.

Since these woody plants seldom come cheap, root them from cuttings and save big bucks.

Planted together, these trio of plants offer varied height, texture and color -- the perfect components for successful containers.

Obtaining plants for your garden can be expensive. With a little investigation, though, and some hands-on propagation, you can be thrifty and enjoy all your favorite plants.