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Artificial Hanging Flowers Bush

Hanging artificial bushes covered with flowers add color to locations that won't support live plants, such as a shaded entryway, covered patio or inside the house. Most flowering plants require a minimum of six hours of direct sunlight. The flowers also need to be watered, which may result in dripping on carpets and furniture. Use artificial hanging flowers instead of live in these situations.
  1. Geranium

    • Geraniums have clusters of flowers with five petals surrounding the center. Each flower is about the size of a quarter. Each cluster has up to 50 flowers. Colors include red, orange, pink, white and purple. Several varieties have contrasting splashes of colors on the petals or the centers are a different color. The leaves are round and ruffled, often with a darker band of color toward the center of the leaf. Combine silk bush geraniums with trailing geraniums and silk ivy.

    Nasturtium

    • Trailing silk nasturtiums look lifelike in a hanging basket. The flowers are about an inch in diameter and bloom in yellow, white, orange and red. There may be a deeper band of color on the throat of the flower. Leaves are round and may be variegated in hues of green, white and yellow. Nasturtiums are informal flowers and would look appropriate in a country kitchen.

    Azalea

    • A springtime favorite for places in the garden that get dappled shade, artificial azaleas look natural in the home. The leaves are an elongated-oval shape and a deep green. Flowers are jewel toned in shades of yellow, pink, orange, purple and white. White azaleas in black hanging pots look stunning in a sophisticated decor.

    Wisteria

    • In nature, wisteria are sturdy vines with thick trunks. The flowers are pendulous, looking like grape clusters of sweet pea-shaped flowers. Artificial flowers show off the clusters of flowers without the thick trunks. Live wisteria bloom in spring in pinks, purples and white. Artificial wisteria bloom all year long and aren't limited to the natural colors.

    Mixed

    • For a look that will fool even Mother Nature combine silk flowers to look like a live basket of flowers. Stay with shades that the flowers truly bloom in and a size close to that in nature. For example, flowers do not bloom in turquoise. If that is one of the primary colors of your decorating scheme, choose a turquoise-colored basket and fill it with white and coral flowers or flowers in shades of blue.