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ASH
Citizen
Username: Ash
Post Number: 97
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 1:47 pm: | 
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anyplace to find a good variety of these around here? |
eliz
Citizen
Username: Eliz
Post Number: 740
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 2:16 pm: |
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Whole Foods. |
llama
Citizen
Username: Llama
Post Number: 460
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 8:25 pm: |
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The Korean produce market in the Milburn mall. Very nice, very reasonable. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 2109
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 11:00 am: |
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I go to WF when I need a variety & the Korean place for inexpensive, beautiful tulips (put them on my desk every week). The WF flowers are always exceptional ( a little more expensive, but usually worth it). Three weeks ago, I spent $30 on tulips & daffodils for the house, my desk & The Spouse's desk. The flowers were gone in 3 days (very unusual for WF flowers). I spoke to the manager at WF & got a $30 credit.
The Korean flowers last about 5-6 days, depending on how cool & fresh-watered you keep them. |
llama
Citizen
Username: Llama
Post Number: 462
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 5:36 pm: |
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The Korean place has beautiful inexpensive roses, as well as other varieties of flowers.
I find WF extremely expensive. |
emmie
Citizen
Username: Emmie
Post Number: 274
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 5:58 pm: |
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Costco has great flowers, lots of varity and usually last quite a while. I bought a large bunch of daisies there a few weeks ago and they lasted a week and a half. Their long stem roses are packaged to be two dozen and are under $20.00. I always check for freshness by feeling the petals, if limp, I don't buy that day.
I think WF flower prices are ridculously expensive. |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
Citizen
Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 1296
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 8:14 pm: |
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For 10 dollars I get a beautiful bouquet at Shoprite in West Orange. I pick out three bunches and for $1.50 extra the florist there arranges them, adds greenery and wraps it up. I've received loads of compliments on them.
Nancy Chiller Janow
On a coffee break..or something like it.
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happyman
Citizen
Username: Happyman
Post Number: 129
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 11:33 pm: |
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Shoprite in Livingston ...3 bunches for $9.99! Free fern too! |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 2113
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 11:02 am: |
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I'm looking at my Monday morning bouquet right now; yellow double-tulips, orange tulips, one orange and yellow gerbera daisy & greens. Stopped at Metropolitan this morning on the way to work. Under $10 & beautiful. The double tulips opened all the way up, tho, so I'm hoping they last the week.  |
jem
Citizen
Username: Jem
Post Number: 942
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 11:24 am: |
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I bought a bunch of tulips at Whole Foods a couple of months ago, and someone in the flower department recommended that I put a penny in the water. Those tulips lasted longer than any tulips ever had before, and the penny trick continues to work remarkably well. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 2114
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 12:20 pm: |
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Jem-
I just dropped a penny in the vase. I'll post the results at the end of the week. |
Jackie Day
Citizen
Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 251
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 1:23 pm: |
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Greenetree, what's Metropolitan? |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 2117
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 1:42 pm: |
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Metropolitan is a wonderful plant store at the corner of Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Valley Way in W.O. They also have locations in Ft. Lee & somewhere else.
It has everything - annuals, perrenials, landscaping shrubs, equipment, gardening supplies, flowers (fresh cut and potted), X-mas trees, etc. It's a wonderful, dangerous store.
I have never gotten fresh flowers from them that were not wonderful. They are not so expensive, either. Not cheap, like a green grocer, but not expensive. Worth a site-seeing trip. |
algebra2
Citizen
Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 1749
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 1:56 pm: |
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my mom puts gin in with her tulips. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 2118
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 2:06 pm: |
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What brand? I hate to think she's wasting an unborn martini.... |
Starr
Citizen
Username: Starr
Post Number: 28
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 11:41 pm: |
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The full name of the place is Metropolitan Plant Exchange. |
Handygirl
Citizen
Username: Handygirl
Post Number: 46
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 1:41 pm: |
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Metropolitan also has some of the most realistic silk flowers that I have ever seen with the largest variety that I have encountered.
Handygirl
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