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Given a little time and patience, even on a tight budget, you can fill your garden with colour and interest. It is surprising that it can be achieved with several seed packets and carefully selected shrubs. We brought your garden to life by suggesting cost-effective plants and flowers to our favorite garden experts. This is what they said…
Choose a long lifespan perennial plant
“To save money, I choose perennial plants for my borders that will thrive for years. Many can be divided as they grow to produce new plants for free. Also, small plugs They buy plants in bulk before growing them. They are much cheaper than buying a fully mature plant.”
– Louise from @our_little_veg_garden
Cosmos seeds are excellent value for money
“Growing from seeds is an easy way to fill up space. Flowers like space are easy to grow and are pinched a bit at first, so they produce flowers all summer.”
– @lamagardener’s Laura
Cosmos’ “fandango” that grows easily from seeds provides intense colour
Image: Cosmos Bipinnatus ‘Fandango’ Seeds from T&M (© Rob Smith’s Assignment)
Reduce Sweetpeas with a second flash
“SweetPea seeds are also valuable. Water them in dry weather and don’t give up when the flowering is almost finished. Feed them, cut off all the flowers, and provide plenty of water, And they will thank you for more flowers.”
– @lamagardener’s Laura
Use cost-effective seeds
“Two of the most cost-effective, easiest and most satisfying aspects of gardening is growing from seeds and taking cuttings. My garden is a garden for friends and family, and my own. It’s full of plants grown by photographing plant fragments from the garden. The seeds are really cheap and there’s something very special about watching small seeds germinate and grow.”
– Dawn from @dawns_gardening
Learn how to propagate new plants
“I’m trying to spread most plants. I’ll look into how to do it and try it out. I love plants that are rooted in grasses of water, like begonia, and it’s It’s very fun. There are also some plants that are known to be short-lived, such as Erysimum. They can easily root from cuttings, so for the most part I always have them in the garden Take some cuttings to make sure there are.”
– Allison Levy from Blackberry Garden
Use Clematis ‘Montana’ for quick cover
“When I first started gardening, I took lots of cuttings of plants that I liked in my friends and family’s gardens. My windowsill was full of them! A good way to remember, too. Try Clematis Montana – it’s especially easy to propagate and provides quick covering.”
– @lamagardener’s Laura
With beautifully fragrant flowers and bronze leaves, this clematis offers an amazing display
Image: Clematis Montana ‘Maylen’ by T&M
Fill a large space with roses
“Banana trees are great for sprouting new plants from their easy-to-remove and transplant bases, and they can easily propagate roses if you need to fill in large spaces.”
– Derek Daley @fiveminutegardener
Choose the best plant for your soil
“You can save a lot of money by not having to keep replacing failed plants. Even if you buy an established shrub, the best money savings, whether you buy a seed seeds or not The way is to see all these plants thrive. And it means “the right plant, the right place.” Know your garden. Is the soil heavy clay or sand? (Try squeeze it into a ball, and you’ll know) Which bed will become the sun? Then make sure you can provide what you need for a potential purchase. Happy plants, happy gardeners, no money or effort to waste! ”
– Allison Marsden, gardening by design
Don’t forget the tree
“Beyond the colours they offer in the summer, autumn colours, bird perches all year round, are very useful for other garden jobs that save me money! Hazel every five years (spring) It can be reduced vigorously. This means it grows long and straight. It’s perfect for making bean pillars on vegetable lots!”
– Hannah from @talesfromgarden
Also known as the flamingo willow, this flashy specimen is perfect for small gardens
Image: Salix Integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’ from T&M
Plant willows for rapid growth benefits
“If budgets are a problem and you need to fill your garden quickly with gardens or shrubs, Willow (Salix) is a great option. The market has beautiful variety with colorful stems and warped stems and sheepskin-shaped leaves. They grow incredibly fast and can be easily controlled by the annual Pollard. In addition, all cut stems can be planted and quickly grow into new trees. Also, It’s also great for making fun live mazes and wigwams for kids. If you don’t want to grow more willows, the stems also have other uses. I would like to use them as the base for my homemade Christmas wreath. Use smaller, flexible branches and larger branches as support for the plant (just dry them first, or root them otherwise).”
– Catherine from @lemon_housegarden
Recycle pillows and fill containers
“Don’t throw away old pillows. Use them at the bottom of a larger pot to reduce the amount of compost you need to buy. The pillows retain moisture and add mass, but then add additional It’s not heavy.”
– Caroline of 3 GrowBags
This elegant hydrangea is the perfect choice for patio containers
Image: “Runaway Bride” Hydrangea from T&M (© Thompson & Morgan)
The seeds help to build sustainable gardens
“Growing your garden from scratch doesn’t have to break the bank. A little bit of resourcefulness goes a long way to build a beautiful, affordable and sustainable display. You can make the whole plant garden look like a seed garden. It can be easily grown from packets or even better, from seeds collected from the garden. It can also be used to propagate brand new free plants by ingesting cuttings or splitting established perennials. Masu.”
– @melslittlegarden’s mel
If you have the time and patience, there are many ways to create a beautiful garden on a budget. Starting plants and flowers from seeds is a good example. For inspiration, browse our entire range of flower seeds and find out what to sow and grow each month in these helpful guides.
The Thompson & Morgan Horticultural team produces a wealth of content on gardening and food production. Since the first seed catalogue was released in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown into one of the UK’s largest mail-order seed and plant companies. Through publishing catalogs and running an award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the highest quality products that money can buy.
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