slo’s WEDNESDAY 7/19 poll - Artificial Flowers & Plants

[SandyinMonterey]

I have 3 rectangle wooden "boxes" with white hydrangeas lined up on my formal dining room table. That's it. I don't feel comfortable putting real flowers (with water) on my wood tables.

 

[Micca]

We have some artificial plants on top of the kitchen cabinets. We have more real plants around the house, and we often buy some cut flowers at the grocery store.

 

[tvguy]

You mean cemetery flowers? LOL. That's what my wife calls them. None on display in our house, some in the closet to take to the cemetery to put on family members graves on birthdays, etc during the winter months when the cemetery prohibits fresh flowers and plants.

 

[tasha99]

We have an artificial ficus tree and starting this year, we'll put up an artificial Christmas tree (bought after Christmas last year). I only allow fresh flowers in one area in the house that the cats never go, and avoid lillies even there due to toxicity. Lots of flowers and vegetables, but they're outside.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I have a small artificial plant in the family room, and glass flowers in the spare bedroom.

 

[Lumpy1106]

None - it would probably just die like the real plants do.

 

[lovesmurfs]

None - it would probably just die like the real plants do.

Somebody sent an Easy Plant to me when my dad passed away. You fill the base with water once a month. I've managed to keep it alive and thriving since April!

Went online to see others, and they're pricier than I'd spend on my stuff, but I'm pretty impressed.

https://easyplant.com/?utm_source=p...AokJ92teKP-vfhp0u8QPMOTTpThThs40aAiG0EALw_wcB

 

[1420Elexismc]

I have a random artificial succulent in a Yoda pot that made it into my office at work at some point...been here for years...I also have two real plants that almost always forget about until I notice very sad looking plants pleading for water

 

[BlueStarryHat]

We have a little stone enclosure under our picture window at the front of our house. It's meant to be a flower garden, so my aunt buys fake flowers from Dollar Tree and sticks them in there. It looks pretty terrible. They're not the pretty artificial plants and flowers that pass for real, they look fake. She switches them out when the sun fades the colors. Sometimes.

 

[fly girl]

I have mostly real plants, but I have a few succulents (the live ones died, I know!) in the living room on a shelf. And a clear vase with cotton stems that go on the fireplace mantle.

Also my front door wreath is fake.

 

[design_mom]

I have an artificial orchid plant in the living room. It replaced a real one (after I'd killed and replaced it several times). That's the only artificial plants/flowers I own.

I have several real plants in the family room, but they are hearty plants who have survived several years so far. Plants and I do not have a good history. I saw this tweet a while ago which kind of sums it up.

 

[ncc1701]

The only artificial plant we have is a Christmas tree. That is for allergy reasons.

 

[BayouQueen]

I can't have real flowers indoors because of allergies. I have fake roses in vases in several rooms. They look real. I love them.

 

[fla4fun]

The only artificial plant we have is a Christmas tree. That is for allergy reasons.

Same here. I am no good at keeping plants alive, and I have so many allergies, that the house is plant free other than when the Christmas tree is up.

 

[AppleDumpling]

No artificial plants or flowers. Just one potted plant in my kitchen. Lots of flowers (and a vegetable garden) outdoors.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I was gifted an artificial bouquet, and because of who gave it, I do have it displayed.

I do have earrings and a hair clip that are very pretty pink roses.

 

[DisneyOma]

I use artificial flowers to supplement my window boxes and planters outside. It's a mix of real greenery, real flowers, and fake flowers. The entrance side of the house is in the shade and none of the bright flowers I love thrive in the shade. I stick a few bright fake ones in with the pale live ones

 

[DisneyHardin]

I just have one small vase in the guest room. I don't normally care anything about flowers (real or artificial), but years ago, when I first moved into my own house, I found these fake tulips at a craft store that look like they are made out of like a raffia sort of paper and I just fell in love with them.

 

[ncc1701]

Same here. I am no good at keeping plants alive, and I have so many allergies, that the house is plant free other than when the Christmas tree is up.

Fresh plants for us is the occasional cut flowers from a grocery store or a few small poinsettias during the Christmas season.

 

[tasha99]

Somebody sent an Easy Plant to me when my dad passed away. You fill the base with water once a month. I've managed to keep it alive and thriving since April!

Went online to see others, and they're pricier than I'd spend on my stuff, but I'm pretty impressed.

https://easyplant.com/?utm_source=p...AokJ92teKP-vfhp0u8QPMOTTpThThs40aAiG0EALw_wcB

That's similar to the system I use for my outdoor garden, which is all on the deck and patio in containers. Most of the containers have a bottom reservoir that gets filled (generically called SIPS containers--"Sub-Irrigated Planter") . Generally, I can get away with every other or 3rd day in normal weather, but fill every day if it's over 95. It's the laziest way in the world to garden, but produces a lot with very little work.