Is it tacky to "plant" artificial flowers outside your house?

Question

I've found a site online that sells high-quality, weather-proof, artificial flowers. They are expensive, but they last for a long time. I want to plant a few along the front of the house and in some window boxes from second floor windows. Is this tacky? I'm not a gardening girl, to me its just another chore.

Answer 1

'I guess it's up to the individual, I personally wouldn't do it. To me it's like putting pink flamingos in the front yard with bleach bottle windmills.
If you don't like gardening and the "chore" of it, why not try some small size flowering shrubs. With very little or no maintenance.
What ever you decide
Good Luck!
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Answer 2

I personally would not do it. You said about putting them on the 2nd floor windows...you may not really be able to tell from the ground that they are artificial. do not "plant" them in the dirt on the ground level. That would just look silly, sort of something like my grandmother would do. but I can honestly say try it on the 2nd floor. Just make sure you change the flowers with the season. You obviously would not have tulips out there in October, change it to mums for fall and poinsettias for winter. I've seen that and it doesnt look half bad. Good luck.

Answer 3

They're not tacky at all. We used all silk flowers for the decorations and bouquets. (real roses on a pedestal for a 'grandparent(s) 'memorial)...My flowers turned out absolutely beautiful and I still have my bouquet (it's in my hutch). I couldn't bare having a beautiful bouquet cost hundreds of dollars that would die 5 days later. Seemed a waste of money to me. We used hydrangeas, roses, chrysanthemums, greenery. Also made silk flower centerpieces and had pillar candles in the middle.

Answer 4

It all depends on the individual. I personally would not do that, but if you like it then go ahead. If you can find nice faux plants for your window box then go ahead. I might suggest that you consider the seasons though and not have brightly colored plants during winter. You could get different plants for each season and rotate them out. Like bright flowers for spring and summer, Mums and autumn colored plants for Autumn, and maybe some thing Christmasy like Poinsettias and Mistletoe for the winter months. If you make it an event then it would probably be cute and work out well for you.

Oh...what's that called? Selective ??? something or other...hmmm, I'll get back to you on that...Scotty Doll ;P... hehehe

Answer 5

Personally, I think artificial outside is tacky. Maybe these are realistic looking, who knows. I prefer the real thing, its kinda therapeutic to water and weed and play in the dirt. But that's just me. Happy Planting or sticking...

Answer 6

It's funny, you drive past a cemetery, and your mind automatically says artificial flowers. When I take an artificial bouquet apart and stick the flowers in blank spaces in a bed of real ones either people don't notice at all or want to know the name of the flower. RScott

Answer 7

I think so. I've seen some people here that have done it, and it never looks right. I suppose it comes down to what you think of it. I'm not into gardening either. So I just buy plants that are already potted, or pot them myself, and stick them on the patio and porches. I water them and give them plant food, but other than that...if they die, I just go get more.

Answer 8

Fake plants are just that. Fake. Now add tacky, unsightly, and unscented. sign of a lazy gardener or one with black thumbs, reminds me of graveyards. Only real flora need apply at my house.

Answer 9

I think it all just depends on how the artifical plants look. If you get something cheap then of course it will look tacky.

Answer 10

i think it's very tacky, just my personal opinion. i would rather leave something bare than have artificial flowers. try decorating outside with birdhouses, birdbaths, something that can just sit and look nice with little maintence...