Artificial Hanging Plants & Vines

Four groups sit under this hub: trailing plants and vines, pre-planted hanging baskets, ivy garlands and single stems, and hanging pots and wall planters. Garlands such as the ivy and pothos vines are supplied at 260cm each in packs of five for building longer runs, while single stems start at around 20cm for filling gaps in an arrangement.

Yes. Fake hanging plants, fake vines, artificial hanging plants and hanging greenery all describe the same products, and Designer Plants uses artificial throughout. The distinction worth paying attention to is not the word but the leaf: hanging pieces are viewed from directly below, so a flat single-tone leaf gives itself away in a way it never would on a plant seen from three metres back.

Every length is stated in centimetres in the product title. The range runs from 20cm and 30cm stems, through trailing plants at 60cm to 105cm, planted baskets at 110cm and 135cm, and garland vines at 190cm and 260cm. Measure from the fixing point to where the greenery should finish rather than from the ceiling.

Only those whose titles carry UV Resistant or UV Treated, such as the 110cm fern hanging basket or the 90cm bougainvillea. Those pieces carry UVTex inhibitors bonded within the leaf material, which is what holds the colour through an Australian summer. Anything without that wording is built for interior positions.

A trailing plant or vine is greenery on a moulded base with no container, intended to drop into a pot, a wall planter or a shelf. A hanging basket arrives already planted in its own container with a chain fitted, so it hangs straight out of the box. Baskets in that range run from a 28cm petunia through to a 135cm mixed fern.

Planted baskets hang from their supplied chain on a rated ceiling hook, a screw-in eye or an S hook over a pergola rafter. Trailing vines and garlands are usually cable-tied along a beam, a balustrade or a mesh panel, then adjusted by hand so the fall is uneven rather than uniform. For a plasterboard ceiling, fix to a joist or use an anchor rated well above the planted weight.

They soften a balcony rather than block it. A row of UV Resistant trailing plants at 90cm along a rail breaks up sightlines and takes the hard edge off a glass or steel balustrade without adding the weight and depth of a hedge panel. Where the intent is genuine screening rather than softening, a fixed panel does the job better.

Dust with a soft brush or a hairdryer on the cool setting, since hanging pieces collect dust on the upper leaf faces where a cloth cannot easily reach. Outdoor baskets can simply be taken down and rinsed with a hose. Pieces at the end of their life can be returned through the Designer Plants artificial greenery recycling programme, and the team can be reached on 1800 617 341.