**FOR USE WITH AP LIFESTYLES** Geranium plugs are seen Jan. 26, 2006 in New Market, Va. Plant plugs like these wild geraniums in a natural garden in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley turn quickly from sprouts to blooms. Plugs are cheaper to buy and are more likely to mature than are seeds -- particularly those from ornamental grasses. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick)

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• May 9, 2009