How to make artificial plants look beautifully real
, by Alicia Woods, 5 min reading time
A little extra care when arranging artificial plants can take fake varieties to new heights in terms of looking astonishingly real.
With our little tips on how to arrange fake plants, you can make artificial plants look beautifully real, enjoying all the benefits of having plants in your home without the worry of maintenance.
Premium artificial plants are very realistic in terms of delicate details and life-like colours and textures. Expanding your indoor or outdoor gardens using these high-quality artificial plants is easy, and can easily pass for a beautifully real garden by following some of our ideas below.
1. Choose quality over quantity when using artificial plants in your garden.
Care taken when choosing varieties of fake plants can make a big difference to the end result. Doing your research on the live varieties of plants you are replicating can help ensure you choose artificial plant varieties that mimic the life-like features well.
Check for detail in colour variations and texture on the fake version, if these are lacking, your artificial garden could end up looking less than real.
2. Pair your artificial plants with high-quality pots to replicate a realistic garden
Real plant varieties require premium pots to keep them standing beautifully strong, getting enough water, and of course, looking their best.
Using the same techniques you would to choose pots for real-life plants - choose carefully for your artificial plants and small artificial trees to help create a garden that closely replicates a real garden. Pairing artificial plants with pots that would be used in real gardens can instantly make your indoor or outdoor artificial garden look beautifully real!
- Choose pots relative to the artificial plant size
- Look for high-quality ceramic or terracotta pots, or utilise natural materials baskets to detract from any plastic-looking elements your artificial plants may have
- Place pots on saucers or stands, as you would for real plant care
3. Mix artificial plants with natural decor elements
By mixing both artificial and natural elements, an artificial garden feature can come to life - and still be a low-maintenance alternative.
Seamless integration enhances realism and gives you the benefits of enjoying natural elements and maintenance-free artificial plant varieties. Pairing natural materials in pots and vessels you would utilise for your plants and pots (as listed in step 2) and mixing in real materials such as natural stone or coconut fibre to decorate the top of your pots can give the appearance of a real garden, indoors or out.
These natural textures can enhance any type of garden. Choosing decorative stones in sizes and colours to suit your decorative pots and artificial plant types ensures a cohesive natural-looking garden.
The above options all need no maintenance on their own, however adding a few real-life plants to the mix in your garden can ensure your artificial plants pass as real easily. Adding real-life plants can, of course, add some aspects of maintenance to your garden, however, if chosen wisely (low-maintenance varieties local to your area and suitable for your growing environment), this can be minimal while increasing the enjoyment of your low-maintenance artificial gardens immensely.
4. Utilise the benefits of artificial plants to your advantage.
Real plants are not perfect! They are not meant to be.
Nature creates bent branches and crumpled leaves so utilise the ability to manipulate artificial plants to recreate nature.
Use a hairdryer in a cool setting to blow away any dust regularly, then use a warmer setting to slightly warm the leaves and stems of your plants, manipulating them into different shapes and mimicking what would happen in nature. This is particularly important to do after unboxing new artificial plants.
With no damage to your fake plants, this hairdryer method can be done seasonally, manipulating your plants into a variety of shapes each season to replicate the changes that would happen in nature, creating a more organic appearance.
5. Use your home's natural environment to replicate a realistic garden.
Mimicking nature takes a little research and planning. Choosing varieties of plants that would naturally grow in the placement you choose within your home makes sense.
Placing your garden in an indoor sunny position - choose plants that would naturally thrive indoors, also think about sourcing UV-treated varieties to last longer within your home.
Shaded indoor areas - choose plants that do not need a lot of natural sunlight and would naturally thrive in these conditions.
The same goes for outdoor plant varieties. Consider the position the real-life plant would thrive in to mimic their natural settings.
It is important to choose plant varieties that would naturally occur and survive where you live, if you are aiming to create a realistic garden indoors or out, rare or exotic varieties will stand out and be recognised as artificial (of course, if you love these varieties - throw nature out the door and go for it! Create something unique to you).
Making high-quality artificial plants appear real is an art that combines attention to detail, creativity, and a touch of natural intuition.
With these ideas and your own gardening skills (or a little research), you can transform your artificial greenery into a stunning display that leaves everyone questioning whether they're the real deal. Embrace the beauty and low-maintenance routine of faux plants while enjoying the convenience and durability that artificial plants bring to your space.
Browse the range of artificial plants and trees from HGDCO now. Create your own garden and share your creations with us via our social channels.