Pampas grass went from unfashionable to unavoidable in about three years, and most people bought dried. A good proportion of those people are now looking for faux, for one specific reason: the shedding. This compares dried and artificial pampas grass on the things that actually determine whether you keep it — shedding, colour, lifespan, allergies […]
Most advice on buying artificial flowers is a list of shops. This is not that. It is what separates a stem that passes for real from one that reads as plastic from across the room — which is the only thing that actually matters. Once you know the four signals, you can judge any product […]
Silver dollar eucalyptus is the most requested foliage in interior styling, and the one people most often regret buying fresh. The round, coin-shaped leaves and blue-green colour are the whole appeal — and both are gone within about a fortnight. This is a straight comparison of real, dried and artificial silver dollar eucalyptus: what each […]
