Styling
Faux Plants in Memphis
A practical guide to choosing faux plants, artificial trees, greenery, and planter pairings for real homes.
Faux plants are one of the easiest ways to make a space feel warmer, fuller, and more finished. Clover Home offers faux plants, artificial trees, greenery, stems, and planter pairings for customers shopping online and for Memphis-area customers visiting our local Amerlife / Clover Home store in Cordova, Tennessee.
A good faux plant should not only look realistic in photos. It should have enough volume, natural shape, proper height, and a base or planter setup that works in a real room.
Use faux plants where real plants are difficult
Faux plants work well in rooms with limited sunlight, busy households, rental spaces, guest rooms, offices, bathrooms, and corners where live plants are hard to maintain. They bring shape, color, and softness without watering, pruning, or light requirements.
Choose the right height for the room
For living room corners, entryways, and larger spaces, taller artificial trees usually create a stronger visual effect. For shelves, bathrooms, desks, and smaller rooms, potted greenery, stems, or smaller arrangements may be more practical.
Look for fullness, not just height
Height alone does not make a faux plant look finished. Leaf density, branch spread, and natural shaping matter. A fuller tree often feels more valuable in a room than a taller but sparse one.
Pair the plant with the right planter
Many artificial trees come with a small nursery-style base. Placing that base inside a larger decorative planter, basket, or cachepot can make the plant feel more intentional and better scaled to the room.
A planter can change how realistic and intentional a faux plant feels. For taller artificial trees, use a basket, ceramic planter, or larger cachepot that gives the base more visual weight. For smaller greenery, choose a simple planter that matches the shelf, counter, or table where the plant will sit.
In Memphis homes, faux plants are especially useful for covered porches, entryways, offices, guest rooms, bathrooms, and corners with limited natural light. Pairing the plant with the right planter helps the piece feel like part of the room instead of a temporary accent.
Style faux greenery by room
Large faux trees work well in living rooms, offices, and entryways. Smaller potted greenery can work on shelves, bathroom counters, side tables, and consoles. Stems and branches can add height to vases, dining tables, and seasonal displays.
Consider local pickup for larger pieces
Clover Home ships selected faux plants and home décor items across the U.S. Larger, fragile, or harder-to-ship pieces may be better suited for local pickup when inventory is available.
If an item is already available at our Cordova store, pickup may be faster. If it is located in our warehouse, it may need to be transferred before pickup.
Visit the Cordova store to compare scale
Memphis-area customers can visit our Amerlife / Clover Home store to compare selected faux plants, planter sizes, fullness, texture, and scale in person.
Visit us locally at Amerlife / Clover Home, 2261 N. Germantown Pkwy, Cordova, TN 38016.
Explore selected faux plants and planter pairings below, or browse our faux greenery and home décor categories online.