Foliage for a dark room (not a darkroom!)

Sparky67

Not sure if this is the best board, but here goes

I've just decorated my bathroom and would like a nice green foliage type plant for it (something like an asparagus fern or a trailing indoor ivy), but I have two problems -

1. I can't look after plants, and

2. The room itself has no windows, so the plant would spend the majority of the time in the dark, and even I know that's not good for them!

So, I would like a false one, but one that looks really realistic, not one of those really cheap horrible ones you can spot as a fake from 50 paces.

Does anyone have any idea where I could get a reasonable priced but reasonable quality plastic plant!!??

Thanks

flang

i had this problem I brought sum bamboo plants from ikea the ones in the testtube and they are still living after being stuck in the dark for over 8 months! however they havnt got any bigger!!!

Sparky67

Thanks for the idea! I'll have a look at those.

Sparky67

Had a search on the website and they have a couple of foliage plants on there which look ok (from the picture!?)

Might go and have a look round the shop anyway - they might have some other bits and bobs I can use too?

Thanks for the idea of Ikea - hadn't crossed my mind - I always tend to think of them for furniture, but I know they can be quite good for this type of stuf too

beccatt

We've had a trailing ivy growing very happily in our sitting room since Christmas... as we're right next to the road we rarely open our curtains in there and it's still doing fine.

Norma_Desmond

Aspidistras are meant to be good for dark rooms but good big examples are rather expensive and that's what puts me off getting one for my VERY dark, very old house.....I've killed every plant I've tried (or rather my house has!) and it's proving costly, but I've never seen a 'faux' plant that looks really good close up!