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Article: BARGAINS : ARTIFICIAL PLANTS AT REAL DISCOUNTS.(L.A. LIFE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- May 3, 1997
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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, an extra-wide, 10-foot weeping willow in a faux terra cotta pot was tagged at $500. Wholesale on this beauty is normally $875.
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