Chris Owens wrote in message ...

BTW, you can substitute time for $$$. If you budget out for one
real splurge every year, it's amazing how fast you can get some
really nice plants in your yard. Buy ONE of that to-die-for
perennial, and make it into many by dividing. Grow from seed
instead of buying plants. And, get to know your local gardeners
. . . we divided the german iris this year, and I gave away over
a thousand fans. In return, I've been showered with slips and
cuttings and divisions of all sorts of plants to expand my yard's
diversity.

Chris Owens

that's about what i do.. and just this summer i have a new neighbor
who is landscaping her own yard and i had some starts to give her and
she gave me two good banana trees that are coming along quite well!!!
she has a bunch of them! the one she gave me already had a baby coming
up!!!! among others, another neighbor has Gillardia and wanted fennel
so now we both have both!!!
love... granny lee