Pfaltzgraff Flower Garden Melamine Salad Plate

The country-garden-style plate is a green-tinged cream color, while a brown grid border of green leaves, single violet stems, and trowels circles the edge. On the inner edge of the border, a line of text is repeated three times: "It's spring and time to plant seeds." As part of a Flower Garden pattern collection or just as a singular piece, this plate will bring a sweet look of spring to any table. An economical yet thoughtful gift idea for a gardener might be to give a potted plant, with the plate underneath for water drainage overflow.

The Flower Garden salad plate is safe in the dishwasher, but when washing the plate by hand, avoid harsh, abrasive cleansers. Don't use melamine in the microwave; even though it's heat resistant, it isn't heatproof. It measures 8-1/2 inches in diameter. The Pfaltzgraff Company has been in business in America for nearly two hundred years and is a trusted name in ceramics and patterned kitchenware. All Pfaltzgraff patterns are available for registry by the company. Pfaltzgraff's 5-year in-stock promise guarantees that basic pieces in any registered pattern will be available for five years after a pattern is discontinued (this applies only to patterns discontinued after 2002). --Garland Withers