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Show tribune ak t Pjc gait Tuesday, September Section 9, 1986 A 12 Page Kitschy lawn ornament finds new friends er Michael Kwaloff says the next edition will have 10 or 15 more. Flamingo Accessories We have flamingo watches, four mugs, three vases, outlet and switchplates, pilsner glasses, leather-covereaddress books, clocks, stationery, swizzlesticks, shower curtains, bathroom accessories from towels to toothbrush holders, neon flamingos, jewelry, a spoonrest, calendars, butter dishes, ashtrays, cream and sugar sets, salt and pepper sets, night lights, mirrors and decorative wall items." The Cats Pyjamas also offers a polo shirt with a flamingo over the heart, instead of an alligator or other status symbol. "When we started two and f years ago, it was kind of fun and tacky, Kwaloff said. Now its starting to dominate the catalog. Everybody has fun with it." Why are the birds suddenly so hot? Its the pastels, the pinks and greens," said Kwaloff. Theyre graceful, they have a certain beauty about them also. Theyre not just purely tacky. The lawn ornaments were the tacky part of the whole thing. If it is done right, the flamingo is whats in now, he added. I have a feeling it will become just a mainstay and not fade away. Sales Remain Steady At Joly's Lawn Ornaments in Smithfield, R.I., proprietor Lucien A. Joly Jr., has seen steady sales of flamingos over the past 14 years. "They even put them in bathrooms now. They must take the legs off them and hang them on a wall, Joly said. Its hard to tell what theyre doing with them. I dont ask. It's none of my business, after they pay for it. As wind geese become the new lawn fad and flamingos perch in the house, other animals are moving indoors. Joly says his plaster and concrete frogs, squirrels, owls, kittens, ducks and puppies are also finding new life as doorstops and kinky objets dart, art objects. His penguins show up around swimming pools, sometimes who'e flocks of them coming up the steps and out of the water. "And you should see what they do with the squirrels, By Ken Francklmg United Press International BOSTON The pink flamingo, for three decades the lawn ornament, is most loved, hated and joked-abou- t flying high again. This cheap, plastic symbol of 1950s Americana has found new friends as a nostalgia item for the Big Chill generation. For a while, the pink flamingo was an endangered plastic species, said its creator, Don Featherstone. "It no longer is. Now it is the status symbol of a new generation, and they're coming back into the front yard again. The pink birds are also coming into the house and spawning an array of interior offspring that range from wall clocks to night lights. The original flamingo craze started in the 1940s when Florida, the home of the real thing, became a popular vacation spot for tourists. The Florida theme inspired lawn ornashower curtains, decals and d one-hal- ments. Designed Lawn Ornament In 1957, Featherstone, then a art student, put the flamingo on the cutting edge of outdoor decor lawn ornament when he designed a for Union Products Inc., of nearby Fitchburg, Mass. Union, a major manufacturer of plastic lawn ornaments, sold 80,000 of the hot pink birds in 1976. It sold 190,000 in 1985 and has sold about 250,000 so far this year. Featherstone and Union have been laughing all the way to the bank. "I still say that 8 percent are bought by people who are playing jbkes and having fun, but 92 percent are bought by the little old lady with the garden, Featherstone said They are fun. College kids grab them in scavenger hunts. Some are sold for Christmas presents. Some people use them for holiday decorating, with wreaths, holly and stocking caps. The undisputed king of the flamingo accessory market is The Cat's Pyjamas, a Montclair, N.J., mail order . . , firm. Its catalog offers at least 25 flamingo items, and own UPI Photo Once an endangered species, pink plastic flamingos are making a comeback. Don Featherstone, who invented the figurines 30 years ago, is surrounded by his fortune. The inventor of the pink flamingo believes people buy the birds to recapture the past. I think it is nostalgia." Featherstone said. "Everybody remembered what their mother had hanging in the bathroom, or in the garden. All of a sudden you find you've been left out " Joly said. "They put them on the walls, on the roof, even in the house. "Lawn ornaments have always been pretty popular," he added. "We keep selling more because they keep building more houses. Fall s an excellent time to plant almost anything As a public service, the Utah Association of Nurserymen and Landscape Contractors Is cooperating with The Salt Lake Tribune to bring you pertinent weekly garden Information. This Is on foil planting. Information Is from William "Blir A. Varga, Utah State University Botanical Gardens at director, Farmington. can give you the height and width of the tree or shrub at maturity. If you would like fruit and you have a small yard, dwarf fruit trees will give you flowers in spring, shade in summer and a harvest of fruit in fall Plant only when soil temperature will remain above degrees for several days or even weeks, giving your plants time to acclimate in their new environment. If price is a determining factor, watch for fall sales when nurserymen want to cut their inventories before winter. Be sure to select the right tree or shrub for the spot in the garden where you want it to grow. Your nurseryman 40 Genevieve Folsom By Genevieve H. Folsom Tribune Garden Editor Fall is an excellent time to plant. William Bill" A. Varga, director, Utah State University Botanical Gardens, Farmington, recommends planting herbaceous and woody landscape plants now as air and soil temperatures moderate. Late summer and early fall are traditional planting times for spring bulbs and for plant- mum temperatures were maintained well into November, but it is safe to count on as a cut-of- f date for fall planting in Utah. Rainfall also is a likely occurrence during fall months which provides reasonable assurance of plant establishment. Still, Mr. Varga finds it is important to follow correct planting procedure to insure survivability. Any tree or shrub fitted into the planting hole with a "shoe horn" is not likely to succeed whether planted in spring or fall. A tree deserves a planting hole. Plant broad-leafe- d like evergreens yews or laurel as early as possible in the fall. These particular plants do not cease leaf activity in fall or early winter, he noted. With inadequate establishment the leaves may dry out during the winter months. Information on plant hardiness is available from books, pamphlets or along the Wasatch Front from USU Extension urban horticulturists or newspaper garden columns. Nurserymen also will help you decide on possibilities for fall planting. mid-Octob- ing lawns. Now in Utah most trees and shrubs transplant well through early October, Mr. Varga said. Technically, these plants are more apt to succeed when planted in the fall compared to similar transplants in June or July. The stress on the plant is reduced since top growth is negligible to nil while the soil temperature is conducive to root development The plant is still producing foodstuffs, mainly carbohydrates, which insure root development after planting These hardened plants then will not suffer burn to the top growth while anchorage is being accomplished through root growth. The fall climate fosters the conditions necessary for proper plant establishment, he said. 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