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This undated photo provided by Massachusetts-based interiordesignerKristina Crestin shows a table setup by Crestin. To bring a subtle sparkle to holiday entertaining,Crestin added a few m ercury glass votive holders and a clusterofpaperwhite plants in silver-toned m etalpots to a cham pagne bar,and included sheets ofm etallic paperin a tray beneath the cham pagne glasses.(AP photo)

This Nov.29 photo shows a candelabra cactus growing in New Paltz,N.Y.Although nota true cactus,the so-called candelabra cactus is as easy to grow and to care foras any cactus.(AP photo)

Not an actual cactus, candelabra cactus is easy to grow On my living room floor once sat a clerodendron plant, a gift that became an indoor oasis of lush greenery and clusters of red-tipped white flowers. Problem was, I had to tiptoe among its sprawling stems every time I wanted to approach the window. What’ s sometimes needed in a houseplant is a bold plant, but with a small footprint. Such a plant has replaced my clerodendron. It’ s variously called candelabra cactus, hat-rack cactus, or dragon bones, all of which describe it adequately. CACTUS-LIKE, BUT NOT A CACTUS The plant is not a cactus but a euphorbia, evidenced by the milky sap LEE REICH that oozes out of cut stems. It does look like a cactus, a saguaro cactus, not prickly but with similarly thick, upright stems that branch to make arms. The stems look like what dragon bones might look like: thick, three-sided, with paired spines running down the ridges and a milky green line dripping down each of the three flat faces. A few small, spoon-shaped leaves now cap the very ends of some branches. Flowers? No, dragon-bones has never been known to flower. Too bad, because its flowers might be spectacular if they were anything like those of its cousins, poinsettia and crown-of-thorns.

HARD TO FIND, EASY TO PROPAGATE For some reason, you do not often see candelabra cactus for sale, or even mentioned in gardening books. The plant is easy enough to propagate, though. My first plant started out as an impenetrable hedge that I happened upon during a visit to the tropical island of St. Croix. As soon as I saw this hedge, I borrowed a knife and took cuttings: two pieces of stem, each a half-foot or so in length. Like those of other succulents, candelabra cactus cuttings root best if initially allowed to dry out and callus over. Letting them sit out on a tabletop was the best I could do for them anyway for the few days until I returned home. Once home, I stuck the base of each of the stems into a mix of peat moss and perlite, watered them, and then watered again only when the mix was bone dry. Rooting and growth soon followed.

EASY TO GROW Candelabra cactus can be pruned at any time, which is how I keep my plant at 2 or 3 feet high, rather than letting it become the 15-foot wall of greenery that it was in St. Croix. My plant summers in dappled shade on the deck, drinking mostly natural rainfall, although I give it occasional water and fertilizer when I think of it. As with other succulents, too much water is more harmful than too little. See Garden p. 2D

ASK A DESIGNER: Metallics for the holidays and all winter By MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press Holiday decorating is all about adding a bit of cheer and sparkle, a task made easier by the recent popularity of all things metallic. With winter’ s shortage of daylight, the sheen of metallic furnishings, fabric and decorative pieces can add a dose of the brightness and warmth so many of us are seeking. “We love metallics because of the glamour they lend to our lives by catching and refracting light,” says New York-based interior designer Young Huh. And “there is nothing more magical or festive than metallic touches during the holidays.” The trick, she says, is not going overboard with too much glittery goodness. “A little sparkle goes a long way,” Huh says. “If everything is high-octane shine, your home will look a little sad in daylight.” We asked Huh and two other interior design experts — Massachusetts-based Kristina Crestin, and Sarah Fishburne, director of trend and design for The Home Depot —for advice on using metallics during the holidays in ways that will look great all winter. HARD MATERIALS, SOFT LOOK Fishburne has been seeing

a trend toward softer metal shades, which look sophisticated. “A little more white going into them is the best way to describe it,” she says. The golds are paler and less brassy, the silvers appear a bit whiter, and even shades of rose gold and coppers are a bit less orange. So even if you’ re using several colors of metals, she says, “that palette becomes a bit softer.” Another way of getting metallic shine in a subtler way: Use mercury glass, which shows a range of soft colors in a metallic sheen when it catches the light. Huh says mercury glass is her favorite metallic “especially in vintage or retro feeling ornaments. It’ s not too garish and looks well day or night. Buy some boxwood topiaries and pair with mercury glass, and you’ ll have a wonderful winter look that isn’ t confined to Christmas.” Crestin agrees: Last year, she mixed in mercury glass candleholders of different sizes with greenery along her mantel, and loved the look enough to do it again this year. They gave off a warm glow even when the candles weren’ t lit, she says. CASUAL COPPER Last year, after Crestin found a pretty “Merry Christmas” sign made of punched copper, she began adding

Above,this photo provided by Massachusetts-based interior designer Kristina Crestin shows a fireplace m antel, where Crestin paired m ercury glass votive holders with silverstocking hooks to bring a warm ,sparkling glow.The winterm onths are the perfecttim e to em brace the trends ofm ixing m etals.Below,this photo shows a table setup by Crestin. To add som e unexpected sparkle to a holiday table,Crestin used sheets ofraspberry-colored m etallic craftpaperas a table runnerpaired with paperwhite plants in silver-toned m etalpots.(AP photos) more copper items to her holiday decorating. She included planters covered with copper foil (similar to gold leaf), copper serving bowls for entertaining, and LED lights on copper wire that she wove into holiday greenery. She took the same approach for a client who wanted to freshen up her holiday decorating: Crestin brought in a selection of copper ornaments for the client’ s tree and mixed other copper items

in throughout the room. “We used half of what she already had and then supplemented coppery tones,” she says. The technique works with any type of metal: “Maybe you edit what you have a little bit,” Crestin says, and then supplement with ornaments and decorations in copper or another metal this year. EASY ADDITIONS Sparkly metals also look See Metallics p. 2D

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Iowa students build robot for garden project

By DEIRDRE COX BAKER Quad-City Times AP Member Exchange DAVENPORT, Iowa —Davenport West High School students are building a robot to be used next spring in gardens at Buffalo Elementary School. The “FarmBot” project is the brainchild of Buffalo Principal Heidi Gilliland as project-based learning that involves the technology students at Davenport West, the grade school students in Buffalo and the building trades students at Mid-City High School. Ten garden plots are to be placed on the sunny south side of the elementary school, the Quad-City Times reported. Students in each grade will plant the gardens, with preparatory work completed before next spring. The idea began in Buffalo as Gilliland and other officials sought an idea to supplement the new focus of the school: Science, technology, engineering, math, or STEM, with arts integration. “We try to keep the kids engaged, and also to prepare the students for the future,” she said. FarmBot came up as an idea that involves agriculture. It is online and the site is open-sourced, meaning it is freely available to anyone interested in the plans. The company is based in San Luis Obispo, California, and also offers kits for sale. Gilliland pitched the concept to Smith at Davenport West and contacted Mid-City High about building the raised garden beds. The robot under construction using a FarmBot kit was paid for with a $2,700 grant and will be used on one of the plots. The plan is to use the robotic set-up on a garden bed, and have an identical control bed right next to it. Students will track the data to see what differences occur. If there is a big difference, the students can make a business plan, the principal said. The hope is for all the gardens to provide a great deal of produce, and to bring Buffalo-based products to the Freight House Farmers Market in Davenport next summer, Gilliland said. Ideally, the FarmBot will be portable so it can be set up at the market, and the students can talk to the public about it and its effects on gardening. Right now, the West High students are working on assembly and it’ s a slow process. Track for the robot needs to be square, and level, and that’ s just part of the challenge. “We are trying to get the technical part right,” Smith said. “We’ ve assembled this much two or three times already, trying to make sure it’ s correct.” The documentation that came with the program is OK, Smith said, but it is a new product, from a new company. Nick Nahnybida, a 16-year-old junior, called the directions “sketchy.” He is in Smith’ s class, called Computer Integrated Manufacturing, or CIM, part of the school’ s Project Lead the Way curriculum and the capstone class for INSPIRE, the Advanced Manufacturing Career Pathway. “They show you a picture of what it needs to be, and you figure out how to get there,” he said. “We do one thing, go back, and do it again. That's the biggest challenge. It will be a while before we are totally done with this.”

Garden from 1D

To lessen the chance of drowning the plant, grow it in an unglazed clay pot and add extra sand to the potting mix for drainage. A tall, fleshy plant growing in often dry soil is apt to tip over, so the sand also adds needed weight around the plant's “ankles.” With water and occasional fertilizer, dragon-bones grows fairly fast in summer, in addition to sporting a lush head of spoon-size leaves near the top of each stem. Come fall, candelabra cactus gets more brutal treatment, but never balks beyond dropping a few leaves. I move the plant to a well-lit spot in the living room and then totally neglect it, watering it maybe once a month, maybe less. Well, not total neglect, because I do admire its svelte greenness each time I walk by. http://www.leereich.com/blog http://leereich.com

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Metallics from 1D great alongside organic and natural textures, Huh says: “For instance, what’ s prettier than silver with burlap?” Buy a selection of simple terracotta planters or flower pots in different heights, and spray paint some of them in metallic shades, says Fishburne. “There are so many fantastic metallic spray paints,” she says, in shades of rose gold, soft golds and silvers. Fill them with poinsettias, artificial or real, in whatever colors appeal to you. If the plants begin to wilt, or you get tired of them after the holidays, keep the same pots but switch

them out for succulents. Huh agrees that flower pots are a great place to add metallic accents: “You can switch out some of your usual cachepots or accessories with items that have a bit of glimmer,” she says. Finally, Crestin points out that metallic scrapbooking paper from a craft store can be the perfect way to affordably add one more dose of metallic shimmer to your holiday decorating. Buy several sheets in a color you like, and use them as a dining table runner with votive candles and little silvertoned planters on top. For just a few dollars, she says, “it makes such an impact.”

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Nurseries worthy of a Bohemian lullaby By KIM COOK Associated Press Traditional nursery decor tends to be a gently stirred mix of cute animals, soft hues and nicely matched furnishings. And there’ s much to be said for all that sweet serenity; these are rooms both peaceful and soothing. But many parents and designers are looking to inject nurseries with a quirkier style sense, creating spaces that encourage creativity and individuality. Some want the nursery’ s decor to echo the decor in the rest of the home, and to have some longevity beyond the baby years. These days, a baby’ s room might include global elements, like Moroccan rugs and poufs; carved wooden mirrors; French light fixtures; Indian tables or wall hangings. Handmade touches might include throws, baskets, artwork or garlands made by relatives, friends or a talented Etsy.com artist. Boho nurseries tend to include imaginative prints and patterns, and the palette can range from neutral-with-atwist to an all-out celebration of color. Eclectic, energetic and enchanting, boho nurseries are fun to decorate, and can be a visual feast for young children. Los Angeles-based Justina Blakeney is an artist, designer and founder of the blog The Jungalow. Her latest book, “The New Bohemians Handbook” (Abrams, October 2017), gives readers painting, decorating and lifestyle tips. “Boho style is about tapping into your free spirit and creativity,” she says. “Since kids and babies have the freest spirits of all, it makes so much sense to me that their environments reflect that.” Blakeney advises taking an exuberant, upbeat approach, creating a child’ s room that’ s full of color, pattern and (non-toxic) plants. She’ s just done a collection with Pottery Barn Kids that includes toy organizers, soft, plushy rugs, and a stick-on wallpaper called Jungalino. “I also love to include things like disco balls, crystals and glow-in-the-dark elements that add sparkles, rainbows and magic to a room,” she says. “The artwork is based on an imaginary world I created for my daughter,” she says. “The world is called Glump Glump Forest, and

This undated photo provided by Pottery Barn Kids shows a nursery decorated with item s thatare partofa new collection forPottery Barn Kids,where Designerand authorJustina Blakeney brings herim aginative,eclectic and playfulstyle.Bold colors and hand drawn patterns are partofBlakeney's signature bohem ian style,inspired by hertravels and love ofnature.(AP photo) it’ s where all the fanciful creatures live.” Blakeney, who is biracial, likes bohemian style’ s inherent diversity, and designed a doll for the collection: “As a child, I never had dolls that looked like me. So I was very excited for the opportunity to design a doll with brown skin and curly hair for all the little girls that might feel the same way I did growing up.” Many mainstream retailers and smaller design studios are on the boho nursery trend. Wallpaper is one quick way to amp up the sense of adventure in a nursery. Graham & Brown has a blackand-white illustrated London cityscape that would keep little minds busy exploring, while Anthropologie has Voutsa studio’ s Garden Chinoiserie wall mural, full of hand-painted, oversize exotic birds, flowers and vines.

Sydney Penner, an artist in Vancouver, British Columbia, with the Etsy site AneWallDecor, does moody murals of winter woods and forest creatures that might appeal to all ages. And handcrafted elements can add charm and authenticity to a boho nursery. West Elm’ s got a collection of decorative mirrors made by Peruvian artisans that were inspired by the intricate carpentry in old colonial homes. Los Angeles artist Kim Baise sculpts mini versions of objects like ukuleles, fruit, birds and cowboy boots out of papier mache, and strings them into playful mobiles. Also at West Elm: pretty snowglobes with colorful birds or cactus perched among the sparkles. Interior designer and HGTV contributor Erica Reitman suggests adding kilim or faux sheepskin

rugs, tribal textiles, abstract art and braided baskets. “Larger baskets can hold toys or extra blankets, and smaller baskets can store extra diapers or burp cloths,” she says. Design studio Ace & Jig has a vibrant collection at Land of Nod that's based on antique textile patterns. A hand-tufted Indian and New Zealand wool rug features a bold, blue-andwhite geometric motif. Toddler bedding comes in a black-and-white Southwestern pattern. And there's a style-savvy patchwork mat and tepee for play time.

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