
DecorQuarter · budget decor
The faux plants that look real are large-leaf trees with uneven leaf sizes, a visible trunk and a pot you swap yourself, and these 15 picks run from $6.99 for three IKEA succulents to $184.99 for a…
Tall faux trees carry the room, so they are where the price difference between a convincing plant and a plastic one shows most.
Mid-size plants sit at hand height, so they get touched and inspected more than a tall tree.
Trailing plants hide their base and their stems, so they fool the eye more easily than upright ones.
Small plants are where cheap fakes work best, because the eye does not linger on them.
Check these before you pay, because cheap fakes share the same tells.
Put the biggest budget into the one tree people see up close, buy mid-priced foliage for tables, and keep filler plants cheap. Pair fakes with a few real plants from the best low-maintenance indoor plants so the room reads as alive.
The full plan
Every idea, with prices and where to buy it, is in the full guide.