BARGAINS : ARTIFICIAL PLANTS AT REAL DISCOUNTS.Byline: Trisha King & Deborah Newmark Some of us, no matter how hard we try, were born with brown thumbs instead of green ones. If you happen to fall into this category, you can buy lush silk florals, trees and plants from Second Nature at deeply discounted prices. For example, very full 5-foot-tall maple trees with trunks made of dragonwood go for $79; a 6-foot version runs $149. Both, if you could find them at a regular retail store, would be at least double the price. On the higher end Coordinates: For other places with the same name, see Billinge. Higher End or Billinge Higher End is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. , an extra-wide, 10-foot weeping willow weeping willow symbolizes grief at loss. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178] See : Grief in a faux terra cotta cot·ta n. pl. cot·tae or cot·tas A short surplice. [Medieval Latin, of Germanic origin.] pot was tagged at $500. Wholesale on this beauty is normally $875. Open to the public only on the first Saturday of each month - which also happens to be today - Second Nature is where interior designers shop for gorgeous plants, trees and arrangements for homeowners and businesses, including several Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. hotels. In order to keep their inventory fresh for regular clientele, Second Nature drops its wholesale prices once a month to make room for new samples. Aside from below-wholesale prices, shoppers will find a high-quality selection rarely seen elsewhere. On sale days, 3- to 4-foot plants, such as dieffenbachias (dumb canes) and pothos that wholesale for $47.30, are dropped an extra 35 percent, bringing the price down to $30.75. Most of the plants are potted pot·ted adj. 1. a. Placed in a pot. b. Grown in a pot: many potted plants in the study. 2. Preserved in a pot, can, or jar. 3. Slang a. in rattan rattan (rătăn`), name for a number of plants of the genera Calamus, Daemonorops, and Korthalsia climbing palms of tropical Asia, belonging to the family Palmae (palm family). baskets (already included in the price). If you prefer the color of the basket on another plant, switching colors, not styles, is not a problem. Other items on the day of our visit were potted and blooming African violets African violet: see gesneria. African violet Any plant of the genus Saintpaulia, of the gesneriad family, especially S. ionantha. African violets are native to high elevations in tropical eastern Africa. for $2.25 (regular wholesale is $4.50), a pot of 22 tulips and greenery for $16 and very full fishtail palms, which seem to grow only for greenest of thumbs, for $49. Selection always varies from sale to sale. There are no Second Nature signs on the building they occupy. On sale days, they make their presence known by placing signs, balloons and a few plants in front of the building. The entrance and parking are in back of the building. Second Nature is located at 1206 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank; (818) 567-0101. Hours, on the first Saturday of the month only, are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Discover, MasterCard and Visa are accepted. No returns; exchanges only and by appointment only. Inside info When you purchase a new bike from Europa Bicycle Center, you'll receive a lifetime tune-up - that means you can bring in your bike for an adjustment or tune-up as many times as you'd like (elsewhere they limit the number of tune-ups with purchase). They have more than 500 bikes in stock, starting at $199, and offer additional savings to state and city employees, AIDS Ride participants and bike clubs. Call for details on additional savings. Europa is located at 6217 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys; (818) 785-6112. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, noon to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Prices are so low on dishes at Pallet of Plates that you can have a different setting for every day of the week. They start at 50 cents for restaurant custard cups, bowls, cup and saucers (retail $2.50); 50 percent off hand-painted seconds and closeouts on dishes from Portugal and Italy; and place mats and napkins for 99 cents (retail $3.50). Pallet of Plates is located at 1136 Fair Oaks Fair Oaks, town, United States Fair Oaks, uninc. residential town (1990 pop. 26,867), Sacramento co., N central Calif., on the American River, in a growing citrus fruit and farm area. Ave., South Pasadena South Pasadena (păs'ədē`nə), city (1990 pop. 23,936), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1888. Medical supplies, clothing, and transportation and electronic equipment are manufactured. ; (818) 403-2891. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Veronica Rhoads takes a closer look at an artificial dogwood dogwood or cornel (kôr`nəl), shrub or tree of the genus Cornus, chiefly of north temperate and tropical mountain regions, characteristically having an inconspicuous flower surrounded by large, showy bracts which tree at Second Nature in Burbank, open to the public only on the first Saturday of the month. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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