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How Orchids Grow in Nature Take cues from how orchids grow in the wild when selecting an orchid pot for your favorite bloomer. Most orchids are epiphytes in their native jungle-like environments. These tenacious growers cling to the trunk or limb of a tree and gather moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and debris that accumulates around their root zones. In the jungle, you’ll find a Phalaenopsis orchid growing on a tree branch with its roots exposed to air movement, rain, and humidity....

4 pita bread rounds 2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme ¼ teaspoon salt

Plant a Shrub Border Count on easy-care flowering almond when planting a shrub border or wildlife planting. It mixes well with other blooming shrubs such as hydrangea, beautyberry, viburnum, weigela, ninebark, and bluebeard to create a colorful perimeter planting with something flowering from spring through late summer. Flowering almond’s dense, thicket-like growing habit makes it an excellent habitat plant for wildlife. Place it alongside plants that produce berries that are popular with birds in your region, and you’re well on your way to creating a backyard oasis for winged visitors....

1 cup snipped fresh arugula 1 ounce prosciutto, crisp-cooked, drained, and crumbled 2 tablespoon chopped toasted pine nuts 1 tablespoon finely shredded lemon peel 1 clove garlic, minced

8 cup bite-size rice and/or corn square cereal ½ cup butter 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon seasoned salt ½ teaspoon onion powder Nonstick cooking spray 2 egg whites 2 tablespoon water

Gaura Care Must-Knows A long taproot means these plants are well-adapted to drought and can withstand some harsh growing conditions. The one thing that must be avoided is wet soil because gaura’s taproot is likely to rot in soggy conditions. During winter, gaura does best on the dry side and won’t overwinter if kept too wet. Because of this, gaura is best planted in well-drained soil. An anomaly of the plant world, gaura tolerates poor growing conditions and grows better for it....

1 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice 4 teaspoon milk

2 cup vodka ½ cup simple syrup* 1 teaspoon champagne-gold luster dust ¼ teaspoon yellow-gold luster dust Shots: 2 tablespoon sugar ¼ teaspoon champagne-gold luster dust 2 tablespoon simple syrup* ½ cup Glitter Vodka ¼ cup fresh lemon juice Lemon zest and/or fresh mint leaves