Where can I buy amazing-looking artificial plants?

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I have spent a FORTUNE on houseplants in the last few years, and researched how to look after them, tended them carefully, I’ve even made sure to speak encouragingly to them to make sure they know they are loved and valued.

And yet they persist in looking shit and then dying. I am OVER IT.

So tell me, MNers, where can I buy fake plants that won’t break my heart? (And don’t tell my MIL. This is sacrilege.)

Fellow plant killer here! Marks and Spencer’s Moss and Sweetpea ones are good.

Most indoor plants die from over watering. I'd always recommend physically seeing any artificial plants before buying because online pics can be very deceptive. Many years ago I bought a faux orchid from habitat and another type from the Range. Often, the more you pay the better the quality- but not always.

Another option to try is an air plant. Its a living plant, but needs very little care other than water misting or soaking and occasional fertiliser. I have some in shells and find them fascinating. The flowers can be stunning.

IKEA always have a good selection

My spider plant is always having babies if you want some 😁

Home sense

I’ve had nice ones from Asda at home. I especially like the umbrella plant I got

My plants are all from Ikea.

Plants and arrangements by Floral Silk are lovely.

Blooming artificial

I got some good ones from Sainsbury's of all places. But you do have to see them before you buy as some were quite life like and others shit.

Fabulous, I’m going to have a look at the suggestions, thank you. I did have a look in Ikea the last time I was there, but they didn’t have a great selection. I dream of a magnificent monstera! I saw a trailing monstera on the Next website but it is hard to tell from photos if they’re convincing.

Air plants?! New concept! Shall research!

As for the spider plant babies, thank you so much for the kind offer, but I feel bad enough when I kill adult plants, never mind poor defenceless little ‘uns . . .

I have killed an air plant though my house plants are doing well. I have an app that tells me when to water them so I dont overdo it.
I agree that going to look at them is a good idea as some really do look too plastic.

I was just about to say this. I was looking at some today and thought they were marvellous.

An app to tell you when to water your plants? Is it an intelligent app ? Ie distinguishes different plants and their needs or something? Or just a weekly reminder?
What app is it?
I just spent £30 on a beautiful plant which I really don’t want to kill but I don’t have a good track record.

TK Maxx do some lovely fake plants

"Relaxdays watering globes, plant waterers, set of 4 water spikes, Ø 6cm, garden self-watering system, automatic, blue : Amazon.co.uk: Garden" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Relaxdays-watering-waterers-self-watering-automatic/dp/B092CXX8N9?pd_rd_w=DTHnS&content-id=amzn1.sym.0fb58cc2-f11c-4b73-aab3-9f95f960788c&pf_rd_p=0fb58cc2-f11c-4b73-aab3-9f95f960788c&pf_rd_r=QYME2AQ0RBZ1MPR97BVW&pd_rd_wg=nNKdV&pd_rd_r=b378c0c8-c3d8-450b-852d-84abe7951692&pd_rd_i=B092CXX8N9&psc=1&ref_=pd_basp_m_rpt_ba_s_2_sc

I bought these so I can't over water in the winter. In the summer I soak from the bottom adding tomato feed.

It's the Planta app. I went for the free one. You tell it what plants you have, where they are and it tells you when to water them.

I’ve also similarly given up as I just cannot keep real plants alive.

I got a really nice one from blooming artificial. They do really good sales.

When DH saw the new “plant” in the living room he said he’d make a bet with me on how long it would take before I killed it. He genuinely though it was real.

I rate IKEA and John Lewis for artificial plants.

IKEA have so.e great ones, apart from the odd cactus, I've given up too.

They had these in Aldi today for £14.99 each. The bamboo looked pretty naff, but the fern one was ok from afar.

Asda, Sainsburys and John Lewis. I love real plants but artificial are stress free and add a bit of greenery to a room. One I have had for over 20 years and is still as good as the day I bought it.

I have a couple of these which I put into another pot, spread out the leaves a bit, which look a lot more expensive than they are.

https://direct.asda.com/george/home/home-accessories/artificial-plants/real-touch-artificial-areca-palm-plant-in-pot-70cm/051258166,default,pd.html?cmpid=ppc--geor-------_-dskwid-_dc&utm_campaign=pla:Home_BAU-_Performance_Max&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18864434298&gbraid=0AAAAADwhMoD97NIdJc6-tdl88MotceBLm&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIztv51ZvKkgMVWJZQBh228CuREAQYAiABEgIEx_D_BwE

I spent ages looking for Christmas foliage this year because I really really love a big swaggy garland for the inside and an OTT wreath for the front door.

In the end I gave up as I realised that even if they did look convincing, I would know they were artificial and that would take the joy away.

I suppose I think artificial things are always fundamentally tacky. But also because there's a really depressing irony, given the state of the world, in the idea of replacing nature with plastic made from petrochemicals, when petrochemicals are responsible for nature dying....

(I know it's more complicated than that, but I'm sure you get my drift).

We all have different tastes. You should have bought the Xmas wreaths which could have been used for years, even decades!

The lectures about the environment are questionable when I bet you own lots of things made of plastic in your home.

Very few of us are living a plastic free life. Awareness of environmental impact is good, lecturing to people about their choices, not so good.

It sounds like I have touched a nerve. I wasn't lecturing or hectoring - I was describing the view that I personally came to in the course of trying to buy some artificial plants.

And if awareness is good - well, I guess that's how awareness is spread, isn't it - people hear what others think and perhaps change their position? Awareness doesn't come from nowhere.

As for 'we all have different tastes' - well of course, but does that mean we shouldn't think about the impact that any particular taste has?

If everyone says 'my taste/wants' matters more than anything else, we'll carry on along the doomed path we're on now.

Such an odd post. You're implying that I'm some kind of climate harridan or extremist and that yours is the 'common sense' view - but actually, your position (that 'choice' is the first principle and people should never be made to feel guilty about their choices) is actually pretty ideologically extreme.

Like most populist positions it makes claim to being on the side of 'the people', but supports an economic agenda that quite definitely does not put people first.

ETA: And the idea that you can't express an opinion on something unless you've achieved perfection yourself - that's pretty ridiculous.