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Frugal Flowers

by Deborah Ng on May 5th, 2007

Today I made my annual pilgrimage to the local garden center for cheap annuals. I love gardening but buying enough flowers to add color to my property can cause bankruptcy. I find that by buying flowers from the clearance racks, I can still beautify my property, but spend very little money. Case in point: this afternoon I bought six flats of petunias. Normally they’re $4.99. I bought them for .50 cents each because they were wilted and some of the leaves were a little brown. That’s easy enough to fix, after I plant them in some nice, healthy soil and give them plenty of sun and water, they always come back. The garden center has to sell plants that look their best. Just because a flat of petunias is a little wilted, doesn’t mean they’re a lost cause. In most cases some TLC will bring them back.

Here’s another way I save money. You know those colorful hanging pots of flowers people like to hang from their porches? I save my pots every year and use them to plant some of my discounted annuals. Hanging flower displays costs $10 - $20. I make mine for much less.

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