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Press, 27 June 1983, Page 20

■ Discount- magic word? or macabre joke? Except by buying in bulk, or off-season when it's less convenient for you to buy, do you really believe you can pay less and get more? At Gardenway we find ourselves setting prices in the clear knowledge that we want to guarantee satisfaction (or your money refunded in full). This often means that we Phred Digg tells the hole story, can't buy a "cheap” line of plants, perhaps because we're uncertain of the grower, or uncertain of his nursery hygiene, or the origin of his Mother Stock. If there's a risk you'll be disappointed, we can't handle the line, no matter how cheap it seems the first glance. Of course there are exceptions. But are you knowledgeable enough to know which is a good buy and which is a cheap trick? Are you happy to buy without an unconditional guarantee? Wish you luck, mate. pt 4 Gardenway shrubs are better value. W Compare our Acacia Rewas. - The text book says, "One of the ' 6/ ■ ‘ ' f' nest shrubs; grows quickly anywhere; forms a rounded bush F Jf -,2m high; spikes of lemon yellow blossoms in Spring set off against jSi 7 dark green heath-like foliage." 1 -■ They're typical of shrubs you see '-I priced to sell at Gardenway, grown * a sftftft ft ft grower who ■ .j y" 3 makes everyone a winner. We say, i k uy t^iem now at $4-50, you'll never see them tattered, battered and Acacia Rewa $4.50. reduced later. Then there are sales, often genuine. Not always, but often simply a clean-out of stock which was at its most desirable in April and offered at a lower price in June to compensate you for the inconvenience of planting it in June. In our business a supplier may produce too many Summer lines, and offer the surplus at genuine reductions to us, rather than hold them all year, or repot them into larger sizes. When Gardenway buy these we pass the benefits on and our guarantee still applies. You're entitled to it. You'll prove it with Gardenway's $1.99 and $7.95 shrubs and trees. Rockspray Cotoneasters for walls, banks and groundcover; evergreen Champagne Bubbles and dwarf Californian Lilacs, tough spreaders for low maintenance gardens. Plenty of these only $1.99. And a few dozen of choice ornamental conifers priced only $7.95 from a Summer collection that ranged from $l4-$2O. There are plenty to prove the point, at all Gardenway branches. Advice? - Here's the hole story. If it seems cheap, ask why. If the answer seems unlikely, run. Insist on instructions, preferably in print, on how to grow the item successfully. And read the guarantee, or read between the lines, if that's all you're offered. Gardenway \. open7days 9 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. For personal shoppers. Visa and Bankcard facilities.