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Do people really....

PhillyGirl23 — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:35:25 GMT

.... hang fake plastic flowers baskets on the exterior of their home???

Do people think ghat this looks good? I can't imagine!

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LizzieInSRQ — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:38:55 GMT

They are being purchased so the answer to your question is yes

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Meowingkitty — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:39:06 GMT

Not in Arizona but we do use artificial turf for obvious reasons because no one in their right mind wants to go out and cut grass when it's 110 outside and it's expensive to water real grass. Those things that they are selling would probably melt or fade in no time out here.

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Desert Lily — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:50:46 GMT

Yes. I currently live in an area that gets up to 117 degrees in the summer and is in the midst of a terrible drought. With watering restrictions - or maybe just due to the extreme weather - my small shrubs died and had to be replaced 3 years in a row.

I bought 3 small faux outdoor shrubs/spheres similar to today's TSV ones, but without flowers on them in spring of 2020. They've been through 2 summers of 117 degree weather, monsoons, high winds, and freezing temps. And they still look Great!

From the sidewalk and closer, it's impossible to tell that they're faux. I'm not using precious water on shrubs for my required landscape, and the yard looks nice.

Even some designer/decorator programs are utilizing faux foliage outdoors.

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kitcat51 — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:51:30 GMT

I have faux flowers on a north facing porch & don't faint now @PhillyGirl23...I think they look great. I also have faux boxwood in planting beds because I live near a 4,500 acre park loaded with deer that cross my property daily & eat live plants to the ground. I don't want to know how much money I've wasted trying to find plants the deer won't eat....my only success is lilacs.

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LindaSal — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:54:30 GMT

LOL! I guess some people like to and if that's your thing then that's fine. Myself I would never do that, but that's me.

ETA: Of course I don't live in the desert like some of you so I get it.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:52:11 GMT

I have fake geraniums on my patio. I found a place online that sells them. They are expensive as you can't tell they aren't real. I can't use real flowers as the deer eat them . And I wouldn't have the fake flowers if they didn't look real. They aren't plastic either. They last about three seasons.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:00:45 GMT

My objection to those spheres is that they're too perfect. Who but a pro could possibly trim them into such perfect balls? I'd like to see something more informal with sprigs sticking out. Leave the phony flowers off.

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On It — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:03:36 GMT

Deer will devour real flowers especially petunias overnight. Elk will not only eat the flowers; they will destroy the plant. We have some red silk geraniums that we hang on our deck in the mountains for color. They have gone through two summers nicely. We take them into the storage house when we leave in the fall.

Artificial plants are about all we can have. We do not feed the animals or do anything to attract wildlife, but they wander through anyway. Good bye real plants if they happen to find them.

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Queen of shop — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:04:59 GMT

@PhillyGirl23 I do, but mine are silk. I've used silk flowers outside for years. They hold up season after season. I have a large deer population that in years past ate everything like a salad bar. lol.

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Desert Lily — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:05:29 GMT

Hi @Kachina624 I thought the spheres looked too perfect also. The ones I bought came in sections that created the spheres, so I separated them into "imperfect" shapes that look more natural.

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PhilaLady1 — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:06:00 GMT

Another mean post by this person. Check out her/his previous posts. This time flinging insults to anyone that likes faux plants.

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pupwhipped — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:08:28 GMT

Yep, never thought I would be that person but last year I was. I have had three large hanging baskets on my deck that I would buy the plants and put together beautiful arrangements each year. We go between two homes so we could be gone for a few weeks. We either had to lug the baskets with us (and they usually got damaged) or pay housecleaning lady to come and water them everyday while we were gone. Had enough of that so bought the fake hanging baskets last year from QVC and they were fine with me. It was either do that or have nothing...I chose the fake flowers.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:11:39 GMT

@PhilaLady1 wrote:
Another mean post by this person. Check out her/his previous posts. This time flinging insults to anyone that likes faux plants.

@PhilaLady1 Oh yes I have noticed.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:13:47 GMT

@LindaSal wrote:
LOL! I guess some people like to and if that's your thing then that's fine. Myself I would never do that, but that's me.

ETA: Of course I don't live in the desert like some of you so I get it.

@LindaSal And I guess you don't have the deer eating every edible plant or flower in your yard.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:15:44 GMT

@PhilaLady1 wrote:
Another mean post by this person. Check out her/his previous posts. This time flinging insults to anyone that likes faux plants.

@PhilaLady1 I don't see anything mean. She's just expressing an opinion with which you apparently don't agree but many others do. Live and let live. We all have our own ideas.

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LindaSal — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:17:16 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ Not these days, but when I lived in my home out in the woods we did have deer eating our holly bushes all the time. Now we're in a townhouse and have landscapers that do all the planting and yard work. They know what the deer don't eat I guess because we border a state park with 300 acres so we still have them around

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ECBG — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:20:51 GMT

There are many levels of quality in faux florals and greenery. Some look very nice.

If I were going to put high a quality arrangement or greenery on my porch, I would put it where it wouldn't sunburn.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:21:26 GMT

@LindaSal wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ Not these days, but when I lived in my home out in the woods we did have deer eating our holly bushes all the time. Now we're in a townhouse and have landscapers that do all the planting and yard work. They know what the deer don't eat I guess because we border a state park with 300 acres so we still have them around

@LindaSal I have tried every flower there is and I can't find any they won't eat. It's very frustrating so I gave up and got the silk or whatever they are ones. So far so good.

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Rockycoast — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:44:00 GMT

@PhillyGirl23 wrote:
.... hang fake plastic flowers baskets on the exterior of their home???
Do people think ghat this looks good? I can't imagine!

Haven't seen them in my neighborhood. People around here like to garden or they hire a landscaping company to do it for them. I don't use fake plants, but to each their own.