The Low-Maintenance Lush: A Guide to Buying High-Quality Faux Foliage

Real branches reach for the light. Gently curve the stems outward and downward to give the plant a natural "gravity."

The biggest mistake buyers make is taking the plant out of the box and leaving it as is. To make a fake plant look real, you must it. This involves:

When shopping for fake plants, the goal is to avoid the "plastic sheen" that gives them away.