Faux Flowers for First Day of Fall!
posted October 16, 2009 - 3:48pm
October 22, 2009 is the first official day of Autumn, and my guess is that you would like instant Fall flowers in your front yard. Wouldn't the neighbors be jealous?
Fake Pumpkins, fake flowers, and fake leaves
in an Autumn display. Who would know the difference?
Image from www.istockphoto.com/fun with food
Why would anyone want to plant, or should I say place fake flowers in their flowerbed, and pots? Well, I can think of a lot of reasons.
1. From a distance, no one can tell the difference.
2. I can't garden, and everything dies.
3. Bugs, rabbits, deer, etc, eat the real thing.
4. I live in Arizona, where there is a drought, and you have to water, and it's so hot the flowers die anyway.
5. I'm allergic to the real thing.
6. No bees, or wasps.
7. No dead leaves to pick up, and your lawn always looks wonderful!
Dont't tell the neighbors that they are all faux! Image by www.istockphoto.com/funforfood
How can you do this without tipping off the neighbors?
1. Use realistic flowers. No blue lilies.
2. Mix in stems of real flowers.
3. Make sure the real thing grows in your area, and you look like the neighbors.
4. Make sure the flowers are in season. Change flowers with the seasons. Now is the time for Fall!
5. Use manufacturer's flowers that can survive the great outdoors, such as rain, and the hot sun. A recommended manufacture is California-based Hooks, and Lattice. www.hooksandlattice.com They also sell flower window boxes.
6. Don't tell the neighbors!
Happy First Day of Fall!
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Comments
Growing Faux Flowers
These are great ideas for having a nice looking flower garden. There is a house that I drive by fairly often when out and about. There are real shrubs and some real flowers but some artificial flowers mixed in. When the real flowers are done blooming and are just foliage, there are still pretty flowers blooming. I could not tell for a long time that they weren't all real. I was always amazed at how well groomed the landscape looked and how beautiful the flowers looked. I kept thinking I should pull over and take a closer look. However, what finally gave it away is that one day I drove by in the middle of winter, below zero weather, and the irises were in full bloom.
So for anyone who wants to have a faux garden that looks real, they should definitely follow your #4 on the list.
Great article!
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I really enjoyed this article. Faux flowers can provide welcome color in situations where it is hard to achieve, as in your arid climate.
As well, for those of us who have to deal with cold winter weather, faux flowers provide a welcome splash of color when days are dreary. I just recently hung pots with faux flowers in them off my back deck. Now, everything else in the yard has succumbed to frost but these flowers will "bloom" thoughout the winter and, year round, in fact. And I like that the pots dress up my deck and are low maintenance: no watering, no removing shriveled stems, no pest control.
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