There are times when you walk into a room and there is a feeling that the room is pretty dead and you don’t get that home feeling. Other times you walk into a room and the atmosphere is alive and you feel great. The reason the room feels so alive and bright is simple, flowers. You may think its always fresh flowers but I can assure you that more often than not these days those will be artificial flowers. There’s good reason that good artificial flowers have become more popular in recent time. They have many many advantages over fresh flowers and they have become ever more convincing in their appearance

Unlike a fresh bouquet of flowers which are only going to last you around a week, a bouquet of imitation flowers are going to be there for as long as you want them to be. Maybe forever. They are not going to die after a week and need replacing. Think of you money that could be saved not having to splash out on flowers every week. That money could be better spend elsewhere and not wasted on something that doesn’t last.

With artificial flowers there is always going to be flowers in your home, or at your place of work. If you forget to replace your fresh flowers all the time then that’s not going to be a problem, as the only time you need replace the fake flowers is when you get fed up with what they look like. Is your wedding approaching? You could use silk for your wedding flowers.

Unlike a fresh plant an artificial one needs almost no care to keep it looking good. The only thing you need to do is keep the dust off of the leaves. There’s no need to keep watering them to keep them alive and no need to trim them to keep them under control and keep them looking fresh. If you are a busy professional and have a small garden or rooftop garden then artificial flowers are ideal. They look great and at night illuminated by garden lights no one will be able to tell the difference.

Artificial flowers are also clean and hygienic. They don’t attract insects, ideal if you want flowers in your kitchen, no insects flying around your food. They also don’t go rotten and create a bad smell. No old rotten water and no dead leaves rotting on your table or window ledge.

Imitation flowers really do have some great points and great for those of us who have no time or interest to take care of fresh flowers or plants. The other sections of this site are going to cover some of the other types of artificial flowers available.

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As you can see from the other articles on this site there is a place in our lives for artificial flowers. A very big space at that, they really have a some great and practical uses at home, work, weddings or else where in your life. So far I’ve looks at mainly the plus points for these and not gave a lot of attention to the negative side. So now I am point out the potential negatives.

One of the main problems I have personally with imitation flowers is that they don’t smell anything like the real thing. Florists, manufacturers and retailers try their hardest to scent the flowers with something close to what a fresh flower smells like. But there are so many factors and subtle nuances involved in the natural smell that they just cant get it right. How do you capture summer days and nature in a spray bottle? Its just not possible. And until it becomes possible then fresh plants and flowers are going to be top the class.

Next in line is looks, silk flowers have come a long way in the looks department from a few years ago when you didn’t even need a second to consider whether or not the plant in front of you was real or not. These days it really does take a closer look to determine the authenticity of the flowers before us. Though they still don’t have it perfect, fresh flowers still have the edge. There’s all those little details that nature has perfected over the years that man cant quite re-create.

We also have to consider the effect artificial flowers have in our home. Could we, as home owners, be looked at as being lazy for having fake flowers in our home? We can’t be bothered to look after real flowers so opt for the easy option and take the flowers that once you have sat them where you want them, have to do no more. Or could we be seen as being cheap, not being willing to spend money on a fresh bouquet of flowers every now and then and just buy the one off and save our money.

Continuing with the lazy point, if we are too lazy and we don’t do the little caring that fake flowers need, that being dusting and cleaning down, then they end up looking terrible and bring down the rest of your home with them. With real flowers, while they might not last long, this is a bonus as they aren’t alive long enough to gather dust. They die and we replace them with another bunch that fresh and looking beautiful.

There are quite a lot of disadvantages to having or using artificial flowers. To me, real flowers are always going to be first choice, the natural choice, the freshness they add to any room they are added to is impossible to replace. I’m not saying there are no advantages to artificial flowers, there are many, have a look at the other articles on the site, or anywhere else online. They might be just what are are after, or maybe they wont be.

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