Best artificial flowers: Faux bouquets and pretty arrangements to brighten your home (2024)

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Abha Shah @brimfulofashah14 December 2023

As much as we adore the effect of fresh flowers in the house, we can’t say the same for our bank balance. Displaying good blooms on the regular costs, but there’s a way to mimic the effect without racking up a serious floristry bill: faux flowers.

Now, hold your horses, what’s that look for? Faux can be just as fabulous as fresh but with added longevity and the guiltless freedom to fill your house with out-of-season blooms if you like. Gone are the days of dust-magnet silk roses and tatty daisies: the new gen of artificial flowers will have you feeling like they’re the real deal.

Yes, they won’t emanate the same heavenly scent, but the list of pros is lengthy. They’re excellent for allergy sufferers, won’t wilt in the sunlight, they’re eco-friendly and kinder on the wallet as they’ll hardly need replacing.

Another big plus is that you can use faux stems as decor in areas where you wouldn’t normally display flowers, like the WC or bathroom. While it feels somewhat cruel to confuse bees by placing faux flowers in outdoor window boxes and gardens, indoors is another story. They can be displayed pride of place, or act as a blur of colour and texture to inject interest in corners and spaces in the home.

Make it forever spring in your home and see our favourite artificial flower arrangements below.

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Bloom Daucia Centrepiece

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Bloom

The key to making your faux arrangement appear real is by getting them in unusual varieties, like white and pink cow parsley umbels, as seen here. Not only do the small pretty petals add rustic freshness to your space, but they're less expected, which should add to their authenticity. Comes in a beautiful bronzed pot.

Buy now£31.60, Bloom

Abigail Ahern Hydrangea Paniculata

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Abigail Ahern

Welcome moody magic in the form of fauxtanicals, courtesy of interiors expert Abigail Ahern. The brand has these hyper-realistic richly coloured hydrangea stems for sale by the stem, allowing you to build the look into an existing artificial arrangement or display multiple ones of the same en masse. You’ll need 10 to achieve the look we’ve showcased here.

Buy now£14.50, Abigail Ahern

Bloom A Jug Full of Dancing Oncidiums

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Bloom

Channel rustic vibes with this bright arrangement bursting with dainty oncidiums - that’s one way to see off ghastly weather. The design comes secured in a vintage-style galvanised metal milk churn with foliage to act as a filler.

Buy now£126, Bloom

OKA Faux Hydrangea, Hop & Peony Bunch

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OKA

Bring your vases out of retirement and fill them with this punchy, bright arrangement, made up of faux hydrangeas, hops and peony stems. The hyper-realistic bunch promises to liven up any corner of the home with its attractive mix of petals and foliage.

Buy now£72, OKA

Blooming Artificial lazy days bouquet

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Blooming Artificial

Mood lagging? One look at this sunflower-themed bouquet is enough to lift your spirits. The just-picked look is designed to remind you of lazy summer days when the air is warm and the days stretch well into the evening. The bunch contains 14 stems in an array of sunshine tones.

Buy now£95, Blooming Artificial

Abigail Ahern Eucalyptus Trailing

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Abigail Ahern

So often faux flowers are cheerful bundles of roses, so it’s refreshing to find this dramatic Eucalyptus on Abigail Ahern’s digital aisles. Designed to fall like a tassel, it’s perfect for adding to hanging baskets as well as arranging in a big dramatic floor vase, as shown. If you want to mimic this look, you’ll need at least a dozen stems.

Buy now£14.50, Abigail Ahern

Duyone Artificial Poppy Silk Flowers

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Duyone

Enjoy the simple pleasures of a bunch of poppies with this arrangement of six stems in a cheerful coral hue. The silk petals sit on wired stems so that you can position them exactly as you like. If you’re setting them in a vase it’s best to get two or three bunches to achieve a fuller look.

Buy now£24.99, Amazon

Dunelm Artificial Allium and Foliage in Vase

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Dunelm

For those who still need convincing on faux flowers, the best advice we can give is to keep it simple. Dunelm has nailed the brief with this elegant look that puts rich green stems inside a chic glass vase. The fresh look is perfect for adding to bookshelves and bedside lamps, offering a pop of colour at a price we just can’t believe.

Buy now£16, Dunelm

Artificial Flowers Fake Flowers Silk Rose Bouquets Decoration with Ceramics Vase for Table Home Office Wedding (Red Bud)

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Amazon

Faux flowers aren’t just for the home; they can brighten up the office or bring down the floristry cost in weddings too. Ranunculus is a bridal favourite but if you want to deck your entire venue with the blooms, you’ll find the estimate could run into the thousands. Save the real stuff for your bouquet and head table, and fill out the rest with faux, like this gathered bunch of silk flowers. They’ll look just as good in the wedding snaps, but for a snip of the cost.

Buy now£22, Amazon

Houda Vintage Artificial Peony Silk Flowers Bouquets Home Hotel Wedding Decoration (Champagne)

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Houda

Flowerheads hotly anticipate peony season (a short window between April and June) to get their hands on the romantic, fragrant petals. Buy faux and you can enjoy the look all year long. This peony bouquet dupe mixes hydrangeas and grass in with the star of the show to give it a realistic effect. They look so good you’d have to touch them to see they’re not real.

Buy now£17.20, Amazon

OKA Faux Giant Phalaenopsis Orchid - White

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OKA

A show-stopping style that will never wilt or die? Head to OKA; its range of artificial flowers and plants is seriously impressive. For standout style, we’re into this sculptural orchid look, set inside a decorative base that requires zero maintenance aside from light dusting. That’s our kind of gardening.

Buy now£550, OKA

Blooming Artificial Highland spring bouquet

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Blooming Artificial

The unusual look of blue flowers is precisely what makes them so distinctive. Admire the beauty of Scottish wildflowers year-round with this stunning display from Blooming Artificial. In the mix, you’ll find thistles, blue delphiniums, wild foliage and the odd cream-white roses.

Buy now£88, Blooming Artificial

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