Save Seeds
Save seeds from your favoriteplants明年播种。让种子豆荚成熟并在收获它们之前在植物上干燥。然后，将种子从豆荚中敲击并进入标有植物品种和日期的包络。将种子放在凉爽的干燥处，直到下一个季节。您可以在深夜的盆中开始室内，或者等到早春，直接在花园床上植物。
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Swap with Friends and Family
莫st gardeners love to share the plants they love. Spread your favorites around: When you’re dividing things in the garden, offer to swap some with friends, family, orneighborswho are doing the same. Everyone gets to try something new and pass along the secrets to keeping each variety healthy—valuable advice you can't find at just any garden store.
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划分你的植物
莫st perennials need to be divided every couple of years to keep them healthy and flourishing. Treat the chore as a chance for you to multiply your landscape plants quickly and easily. It’s a great opportunity to take a plant that works in one corner of your garden and spread it throughout your院子里.
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Make Use of Random Sprouts
You will often find that seeds from your trees, shrubs, or other plants have sprouted in the middle of nowhere. Rather than pulling them out and throwing them away likeweeds，将这些芽搬进到您想要它们的地方，或将它们移动到一个小锅中，并在门廊或露台上展示它们，直到它们长大，然后在院子里种植它们。
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Cultivate Cuttings
Many plants can be propagated from cuttings, and you have nothing to lose by giving it a try. If you admire a plant you see at your neighbor’s house, ask if you may take a cutting. Place the cutting in water right away and set it in a sunny窗口. Many plants will sprout roots in a few days. Once the roots measure at least one inch, you can move the plant into a small pot. When the plant's roots become established—it takes about a month—it's ready to be moved outside and planted in your garden.
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Offer Digging Services
有很多想要改变他们的人landscapingbut either don’t know how, or don’t want to do the grunt work. Let your friends and neighbors know that you’re willing to remove or divide plants that have gotten out of control in exchange for keeping anything you remove. In most cases, they’ll be more than happy to have you cart the extras away.
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查看市政园林绿化项目
Here's a reason to keep your city or town's landscaping division on speed dial. Oftentimes, when towns make seasonal changes in municipal landscaping beds, theplants他们删除被扔在垃圾堆上。如果您在合适的时间出现并良好地询问，您可能可以允许您离开不需要的植物。如果你得分一些多年生植物，你可以将它们贴在地上或植入地面，然后等待他们明年回来。
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The Nursery Infirmary
Not every plant at the nursery is the picture of health. Some suffer broken branches, dry out after repeatedly getting passed over during watering, or become stressed in some other way. To the casual observer, these plants look like bad risks and end up lingering on the sales floor. But many perennials that seem to be in dire shape have healthy roots and just need some extra TLC to spring back. Ask the manager if the store has any plants destined for the dumpster, and take a few home if they look like good candidates for nursing back to health. It’s very gratifying to see a plant you've given a second chance flourish in yourgarden.
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Seeing Green
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