Super-duper looks like the real thing: our artificial Croton stem in 2 sizes for indoor plant designs. You don’t need many to fill a vase with abundant foliage in varied colors of yellow, orange, and green.
FAQs, cleaning, and designing with tropicals:
- Most faux tropicals like our artificial Croton stem are made with combinations of plastic, polyester, and wire
- Artificial stems ship flat, but in most cases are bendable into more realistic shapes
- Occasionally dust your stems with a feather duster. You can wash your faux tropicals under running water, held upside down, briefly. Or wipe with a damp cloth. Do not submerge in water.
- The base stems are sometimes thick and wood-like. Trim with sturdy wire cutters
- You’ll want to design your tropical stems in tall containers. Clear glass is pretty, but baskets and rustic pottery work well, too
- If you are making a permanent floral arrangement in a traditional container, you’ll want to anchor your greenery in dry floral foam. Dry floral foam does not hold water and offers a sturdy base to hold your plants
- You may hot glue your floral foam to your container interior, although if you’re not mailing or moving your arrangement, it’s not necessary
- Cover your floral foam with dry moss, pebbles, or bark
- Now the fun starts. Use as many tropical stems as will fit into your container
- For bouquets, feel free to cut, trim, and divide your faux tropicals into smaller parts. Sturdy wire cutters will cut through hard bases
- Think about this simple design rule for arrangements: Use 3, 5, and 7 stems to fill your vase.
- Enjoy!
