10EasyPieces:EerilyLifelikeFauxPlantsfortheHome-Gardenista

10 Easy Pieces: Eerily Lifelike Faux Plants for the Home - Gardenista

The other day I asked Julie how long she has had a vase of faux olive branches on her kitchen shelf. We’ve found 10 faux stems that are so eerily lifelike you may catch yourself trying to change the water in the vase:
Julie’s faux olive branches look live except for one thing: the leaves never curl up and die. To inspect them more closely, see Design Sleuth: A Low-Maintenance Olive Branch Arrangement.
Photograph by Matthew Williams.
Leafy Branches
A dozen 23.5-inch-long polyester Olive Branches is $99.90 from Earth Flora.
A harbinger of spring, a faux Greenhouse Budding Willow Branch is 52 inches long; $58.99 from Wayfair.
A 12-inch faux Short Stem Eucalyptus branch is £2.75 and a Tall Green Eucalyptus Spray is £2.99 from Withycombe Fair.
Covered with “very realistic moss” made of fabric, a 4-foot long Twig Moss branch is £11 from The Olive Tree Shop.
Sold in boxes of 24 branches, Artificial Privet Sprays are £39.84 from Triangle Nursery.
To tuck in among the privet branches: a branch of faux Chinese Privet Berries (30 inches long); $24 apiece from West Elm.
Flowering Branches
A 51-inch-long Faux Cherry Blossom Branch made of plastic and polyester on wire is $34.50 from Pottery Barn.
A pink Silk Cherry Blossom Spray (made of plastic, wire, and polysilk) is 58 inches long.
Measuring 4 feet long, a Double Cherry Blossom Stem is made of polyester, plastic, and wire; $34.95 from Crate & Barrel.
A branch of Artificial Hops is £8 from John Lewis.
A 24-inch Faux Pincushion Stem made of polyester, plastic, and wire is $14 from West Elm.
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