Office & House Plants

Keep it under about 25cm so it clears a monitor and leaves working space. The 19cm and 20.5cm potted succulent bowls are the usual choice because the footprint is wide and low rather than tall, and the 20cm potted peperomia, jade and buxus suit a narrower corner of the desk. Anything above 40cm tends to end up on the floor beside the desk instead.

That is the main reason they are specified. Interior meeting rooms, basement levels and windowless breakout areas cannot sustain live foliage without grow lighting or a rotation contract, and nothing in this range depends on light at all. The broad-leaf forms such as the 50cm monstera and the 50cm birds nest fern read particularly well under artificial lighting because the leaf carries visible vein detail.

Yes, they are the same products under different search terms. Fake office plants, artificial office plants and imitation office greenery all describe interior foliage that needs no water. In a workplace context the practical difference is not the name but whether the product is scaled for a desk or for a floor position, which is why this range is sorted by placement rather than by species.

Floor-standing height with enough width to fill the space. The 180cm phoenix palm, the 160cm fishtail palm and the 180cm monstera adansonii each hold a corner without needing a second plant beside them, and the 135cm phoenix palm suits a lower ceiling or a position behind a counter. Pair with a weighted planter so the base does not shift in a high-traffic entrance.

Cleaning staff, as part of an existing dusting round. There is no watering, feeding or rotation. A wipe with a damp cloth each quarter is enough for most pieces, and the wide-leaf forms such as the 55cm taro and the 50cm monstera need it soonest because they present a flat surface to airborne dust.

Yes, at low height. A run of matched plants along a bench edge or in a trough breaks sightlines between desk pods without the visual weight of a screen. Mid-height pieces around 90cm to 110cm, such as the cordyline and the calathea, work best for this, and planters includes trough vessels that suit a continuous run.

Products here are specified for interior light and are not all UV certified, so they suit desks, lobbies and meeting rooms. Outdoor artificial plants covers office courtyards, terraces and balconies where the foliage is exposed to direct sun and needs UVTex inhibitors bonded within the leaf. Many workplace projects draw from both on the same schedule.

Yes. Most products arrive in a plain nursery-style pot that is intended to be dropped into a decorative vessel rather than displayed, which is why the finished look depends heavily on the planter chosen. Planters covers the vessel sizes that suit the 110cm to 180cm floor plants in this range.