Unusual indoor plants at Gardenway, $2.50 Here’# a begonia to grow indoors with glossy green leaves and dainty flowers ■ The fuchsia like flowers of this begonia are profuse in Summer ana Autumn. They hang most attractively in clusters from the ’ tips of arching branches. House .. \ conditions, (half shade), suit this plant which you can emoy for years. Showing red or pink buds and flowers now, only $2.50. Begonia fuchsioides are available at all 5 Gardenway branches. hide our Baby’s Tears until you visit us! It’s not easy to represent a plant with __ , __ myriad tiny leaves. We’re in trouble with names too. all four of them. The Americans call It "Baby’s Tears" with an eye to sales. Europeans Mind your own business" derives from its close carpeting, cover-up habit. The botanists named this Corsican plant Helxine soleirolii and we resisted the temptation to coin "Corsican Creeper". TWSfWJBHMHg W Call it what you will * There is no finer carpeter for large pots of Jr 3F Sr * palms or rubber trees, for miniature gardens or paved floors. Baby’s Tears Z* • grows well in light or shade provided it M « doesn’t dry out, (surely that s not the reason forthename). Our 3 varieties are as yet Jb ® • unchristened and have only colours to / distinguish them - green, gold and silver. S 3 h l They’re $2.50 each or $6.95 for 3 so there’s * J no further dilemma. ~ Coleus Rainbow colours you enjoy indoors These would be the most richly coloured indoor foliage plants in cultivation. They’re also ridiculously '■ eas Y 1° grow if you place them at a sunny window. Velvety foliage frilled or plain in crimson, orange, cream, lime green, chocolate, pink bronze... the variety is extraordinary. 1 for $1.99, 2 for $3.50, 3 for $4.99. H JBk / At those prices we’ll probably miss out on the pot of gold and you’ll have to be quick to catch the rainbow. Use your F.T.C. card at Gardenway Welcome F.T.C. credit card holders. Now you can use your W tLtI ? car d at a Gardenway branches f for t rees > shrubs and seedlings, x garden sundries, indoor plants, ? pottery, gift items 1234567 tA everything. 'O Monthly and 20 week accounts mfis f.t.c. customer or 12 and 24 month accounts K by arrangement at ( your friendly family store ] Garden way. Your F.T.C. card will get you growing at Gardenway Gardenway open 7 days 9am-5.30pm
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