Blooming purple and white petunias grow in the garden. - Just dance/Shutterstock Why buy new petunias (Petunia x hybrida) every spring when you can turn one plant into many? The secret is cuttings.

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Here are 5 things to do in the garden his week: 1. Propagate petunias, marigolds, impatiens, and begonias from cuttings. Make a soil mix that is half perlite or pumice and half peat moss or coco coir.