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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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