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I'm a big fan of getting something for nothing, and I propagate most of my own (and friends') plants this way:
 If you enjoy gardening, whether it is with flowers, shrubs, trees or herbs, you know the excitement of going to your local nursery and buying new plants. What's not so exciting is the total when the sale is rung up. If you have a large property to landscape, purchasing new plants can cost you thousands of dollars. Sowing seeds is another option but it takes a long time, lots of coddling and an uncertain outcome.

One way to increase the number of plants is through vegetative propagation. Depending on the type of plant, you can vegetatively propagate through the rooting of tip cuttings or by dividing the clump. Each cutting or new division becomes a new plant that you've acquired for free.


Posted by Angie Mohr at 10:38 AM


 Angie Mohr
Angie Mohr is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, and financial consultant. She has worked with thousands of clients over the years from mom and pop startups to rock bands and celebrity chefs. She is the author of the best-selling Numbers 101 for Small Business series of books and writes for Forbes, MSNBC, the Globe & Mail, Yahoo! Finance, Investopedia, and Motley Fool, among other financial publications. Her new book, Piggy Banks to Paychecks, helps parents teach their children how to be money smart. She splits her time between Canada and the United States and currently lives by the ocean with her husband and two children, who have finally learned that money doesn’t grow on trees.
