Small Plants

In this range, anything from 19cm up to about 95cm overall height including the pot. The bulk of it sits between 20cm and 50cm, which is the band that works on a shelf, a windowsill or a benchtop. Above 95cm a plant needs floor space rather than a surface, so those pieces are grouped elsewhere.

The 20cm potted range is the natural fit because the pot footprint is narrow enough for a standard sill. The dark green fern, the persa boston fern and the peperomia read well in a bathroom where humidity would trouble a living plant, and because several in that size are UV resistant they also hold colour on a sill that catches direct afternoon sun.

Yes. Fake small plants, artificial small plants and mini artificial plants all point at the same products. At this scale the term matters less than the measurement, because a 20cm plant and a 40cm plant are described identically in search but behave very differently on a 25cm-deep shelf. Check the height in the product title rather than relying on the photograph.

Cluster in odd numbers and vary the height within the group. Three pieces at 20cm, 38cm and 50cm read as a considered arrangement, while three identical 20cm pots read as a shop display. Mixing leaf forms helps as well, so pairing a fine-textured grass with a broad-leaf peace lily gives contrast that a single species cannot.

The UV-resistant ones can. The 20cm potted jasmine, boxwood, buxus and mimosa fern and the 30cm mondo grass carry UVTex inhibitors bonded within the leaf and suit a balcony rail, a covered patio or an outdoor table. Non-UV pieces such as the indoor orchids will fade if left in direct sun.

This page covers surface-scale planting up to about 95cm, which is what you want for shelves, sills and benchtops. Large artificial plants starts at 110cm and runs to 250cm, which is floor-standing territory for filling a corner or screening a window. Most rooms end up using both, with one floor plant anchoring the space and smaller pieces layered around it.

Yes, every piece in this range is supplied planted, and the quoted height includes the pot. The supplied pots are plain and functional rather than decorative, so most are dropped into a nicer vessel once home. Planters covers the smaller diameters that suit the 20cm and 38cm range.

A damp cloth or a soft brush every few weeks. At this scale dust collects in the leaf axil where the leaf meets the stem rather than on the leaf face, so a brush reaches it better than a wipe. The fine-leaf pieces such as the mondo grass and the mimosa fern are quickest to rinse under a tap and shake dry.