Live or Faux? Stabilized Plants
Last week I had a chance to visit exhibition of stabilized plants. To be honest that was the first time I heard about them and I was quite surprised and amazed.
If you haven’t heard about them too, here is a little explanation. Stabilized plants are basically natural plants, such as decorative trees and flowers, which need no maintenance. This is achieved by applying special technology when greenery is placed in “ideal” conditions in terms of light, humidity and heat, which are constantly monitored. The plants are put in the liquid glycerine mixture, which after some days replace their lymph. In the result they look almost exactly like natural plants, but need no light, watering or even soil.
These flowers remain “frozen” in their initial condition, obviously they will not grow too.
Here are several close-up shots from the exhibition, which show how difficult it is to distinguish these plants from the real ones:
Despite me being a huge fan of natural greenery, I can’t neglect several advantages these plants can have over the real ones in home decor. First of all, you can decorate with them rooms with no source if natural light, such as hallways and bathrooms – all those areas where live flowers will just dye. Secondly, it is a perfect choice for commercial design, which will allow owners to save thousands of dollars on their maintenance and stock replenishment: compositions from stabilized flowers will last for several months or even years. And lastly, which is one of the most important points that you should never ever worry about their health and can be sure that their appearance is always impeccable.
There are plenty of ways, how you can incorporate stabilised flowers in home decor. Here are some of them:
1) Create beautiful flower compositions for table decor and vignettes
2) Make original wall art:
3) Design vertical gardens:
4) Or even create “green walls”:
In other words possibilities are endless and only limited by your imagination and creativity.
We have bought several roses to “test” them in home environment and we were really pleased with the result:
As I mentioned stabilized plants literally need no maintenance. However, you need to remember that they can’t stand direct sunlight and contact with water. When these conditions are followed, they will last for approximately 10 years. For dust removal you can use simple hairdryer, though comparing to artificial trees they attract less dirt because do not charge electrostatically.
What do you think about these plants? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
