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Buy her a pot plant in a real pottery pot She’ll adore it long after Mother’s Day And if a casual glance around the home confirms that they’re already growing everywhere, including from the light fittings, don’t think your gift will languish unattended. No way. She loves every one, even those which have clearly done their dash. But she’ll appreciate the fresh sparkle of a green newcomer from Gardenway. BTake it under her wing, probably give it pride of place. Like the latest miniature Cyclamen with dainty flowers to charm her for months. They’re only $2.99 at Gardenway, much cheaper than elsewhere, and there’s a lucky bonus, many of them are fragrant. Sniff them out when you call. Our large flowered Cyclamen look a treat. More like $7.00 than the modest $4.99 we ask for this super grade. There is a good choice of colours in the „ . African Violets, always a favourite at this time. $2.99 for plants with plenty Wtr flowers. We’ve matched many with hand made pots because we like them that wa y — an( j if s a g rea t way to Brent Firkin pottery pot give. Reiger Begonias Europe’s best flowering plant Give one to Mother this Sunday in a cane basket by Helen McGregor Recently, hybridisers produced a begonia which flowers and flowers in ordinary house conditions even in winter. They called them Reiger Begonias. But that wasn’t all. The colour range was extended too, glowing red, orange, salmon and yellow as well as the original pink. She’ll ’ adore the double camellia-like blooms, probably flip if y°u decide to present it in one of Helen McGregor’s hand made cane baskets. Like the * Begonias, they come in various colours and X they’re designed to conceal plastic pots. Begonias are only $4.99, baskets from as little as The Crab Cactus flowering in a pottery pot hand made by Trevor Briggs tWe believe the crab Cactus gets its name from the crab-leg-like appearance of the jointed stems and not from any pincer movement directed against the unsuspecting. They’re flowering now with plenty of buds forming for a prolonged display, a snip at $3.99. And pottery just meant for plants. Fine pottery by Brent Firkin of Oxford; striking colours and patterns from Trevor Briggs, Nelson; they are all practical too, designed to hold standard plastic pots. Each is distinct, many you’ll see only at Gardenway branches. ... Trevor Briggs’ pot illustrated is only $3.99 So you’ve hunted all over for just the right gift. k You’ve read our list, visited one or other of our / *1 branches, checked our suggestions and others. You’re 1 still not sure? 1 1 VJi Just take the easy, safe way. ear Give them Gardenway gift vouchers! IH Al.. ] j ' The gift that gives the pleasure twice; i ~ first when Mother receives it fik“ and again when Mother spends it. . =E Merivaie 205 Papanui Rd (cnr Aikmans Rd) Riccarton 89-91 Picton Ave Marshlands Cnr Prestons & Marshland Rds Centaurus 91 Centaurus Rd Hornby 19 Chalmers St (behind Mall) Gardenway xJI