Карнегия / Carnegiea

Этот монотинный род (включающий только один вид) произрастает от Соноры (Мексика) до Аризоны (США). Бесспорно, это один из гигантов в семействе кактусов, но не самый высокий и тяжелый. Растения выглядят впечатляюще, поэтому стали очень популярными в качестве декорации при съемках кино- и телефильмов. В природе - это стол и дом для многих птиц и мелкой живности, которые питаются его пыльцой, нектаром и семенами, а в дуплах устраивают гнезда и норы

COLOR ME BRIGHT

Paoer lanterns wilL liven up your pool area with bright squares of color. Hang these fire-retard ant lights around a patio or arrange them along your table for an evening party.

TAKE TWO

EGO Paris, the French outdoor-design company, has come up with soother creation that emphasizes flexibility — not to mention good looks. With reclining mesh backs
available in 16 different colors, including purple and orange, and a deck made of oiled teak or white corian, the Tandem Sunlouiger wears a few hats: The loungers can
stand head to head, head to toe, or on their own.

THE PARASOL EFFECT

Step aside, clunky umbrellas. The summer belongs to Ocean Master, one of TUUCI's classic Pagoda parasols. Elegant and feminine with an Old World Asian flair, the
Ocean Master is tech savvy too, with a self-tens ion ing canopy system powered by gas pistons. tuuci.com

CHIC SLING

Lazing back on fabric slung between two trees and idly swinging in time with the breeze is a warm-weather idyll. But while the hammock is a universal symbol of back-to-basics tranquility, its reality can be more taxing than relaxing. The contraptions usually require handyman skills to install and gymnastic skills to use. Then, arter being strung out through a few months of harsh elements, a hammock tends to look, well, strung out. Along rocks t i e easy-does-it EZ lounger from Belgian outdoor furniture maker Royal Botania. Designed by Zaki Molgaard and Bo Larssen, inspired by the sleek 1930s Italian style and yet ripe as a tangerine slice, the autonomous hammock has a sling of fade-resistant Batyline, a hardy woven polyester fiber that is also ЕZ-available in cappuccino, black and turquoise (shown in orange, headrest is included). The base is electro-polished stainless steel and folds for neat storage.

PAINTERLY REPOSE

Bring the French countryside to your garden without planting a thing, A line of seven patterns and 37 colorways has been reproduced from the archives of fabric designer Madame Paule Mar rot (1902-1987) and exclusively licensed to Del Greco Textiles, a new spinoff of the venerable outdoor-furniture company. Madame Marrot was the quintessential French textile artist and a leading contributor to midcentury modern design, producing more than 320 designs for fabrics and linens during a span of 40 years. Says Laurie Korobkin, president and owner of DelGreco Textiles, "Many of her designs were inspired by the gardens that she frequented throughout her life." Korobkin styled Marrot's original designs in a weather-resistant 100 percent acrylic to meet today's requirements for casual outdoor/indoor living. See the entire collection online.

LIVING JEWEL BOX

The beauty of her Living Necklaces, says landscape designer and sculptor Paula Hayes, "is that the wearer shows she can extend herself to nurture something that's alive, and live together with nature." Handmade from glittering stainless steel and silk threads, Hayes' Living Necklaces consist of small crocheted baskets that hold tiny epiphytes, or air plants, TiUandsM ionantha, which can fnrive without soil. The necklace materials are soft but durable and can safely be dunked, plants and all, for a litrle watering. The Manhattan-based designer keeps a nursery of the tiny bromeliads at her studio and swaps them in and out of her necklaces depending on her mood, T keep them in a basket out in the sunlight. It's so much nicer than having a jewelry box." Available with one to three baskets; prices start at $1,000. A new version with looser crocheted baskets has just debuted, priced f r om $ioo-$20o.