Take your Artificial Flower Bouquet out of its vase, separate the stems and give each one an inspection. Start by cleaning the vase by simply washing it under the tap and gently wiping it, if necessary. Clean the general area that the faux flowers are homed in, whether that be on a fireplace or your bedside table – the tidiness of the space that surrounds your flower arrangement is just as important as the cleanliness of the flowers themselves. 

Begin by shaking any/all faux flower stems to get rid of microfibres that may have been shed or dust that has settled overtime. This works especially well for our Artificial White Willow Sprays or our Artificial Green Foxtail Grass.

Baby wipes are your best friend if you notice any discolouration or residue on your petals. A damp cloth will also help get rid of any marks that will be more visible on our lighter coloured faux flowers – make sure to get into the smaller details of the flowers to keep them looking bright and well maintained. 

A hairdryer will come in handy to blow away any dirt or debris that been left over time. Work from the top of the faux flowers to the end of the stem to avoid any dust re-settling. Doing this at least once a month with the hairdryer on a cool setting will really do the trick to keep your blooms neat and dust-free.

We recommend a simple spruce of your faux flowers to keep them looking natural and impactful. For our Artificial Hydrangeas, Faux Roses and our Popular Peonies, work your hands through the petal heads and really fluff them up to make the most out of their full bloom and create a realistic display. 

To maximise on the luxury impact of a floral arrangement in your home, mixing fresh with faux stems will combine the scent of real flowers while accentuating the attention to detail of artificial. At The Faux Flower Company, fresh flowers are the inspiration behind why we are here – a little hint of fresh and a little touch of faux with the help of our artificial flowers, and you’ll create something magnificent and meaningful.

Transitioning your faux flowers from season to season doesn’t mean you have to buy a bouquet each month, though it certainly is more efficient than buying fresh week on week – which is an arduous task made easy with our faux fix. Take our Artificial Burgundy Beauty Bouquet as an example, swapping out the foliage stems with our Faux Grey & Silver Lambs Leaf, or replacing the Artificial Burgundy English Roses with our Faux White Tea Roses will transform your Autumn Bouquet and instantly make it Winter friendly. You can do a simple stem swap with any one of our bouquets, for an arrangement that truly sings for every season. 

Styling your arrangements makes all the difference in the finished look of your faux flowers. Envision how you anticipate your arrangement to look by having the stems and your chosen vase out in front of you. Work with the individual stems and begin by placing them into the vase one by one - if you’re working with a bouquet, make sure to separate the same stems away from each-other to create an arrangement that looks great from the front and from the back! Placing your stems in symmetric and asymmetric positions will help make the arrangement look unique and mimic the organic growth of a fresh flower. 

Yes! You place our faux flowers in water to mimic the way fresh flowers would sit, but practice this with caution. We recommend doing this for short periods of time to avoid the risk of discolouration or damage to our more delicate stems. 

All of this can be done by bending and/or cutting our stems, and we can’t stress this one enough!

Do I cut my artificial flower stems or bend them?

That depends on your choice of vase: if you picked a ceramic, or opaque vase, you only need to bend them.

But if you have chosen a clear glass vase or bowl, you will need to trim them to length since they’ll be visible through the glass.

That depends on your choice of vase: if you picked a ceramic, or opaque vase, you only need to bend them.

But if you have chosen a clear glass vase or bowl, you will need to trim them to length since they’ll be visible through the glass.

If you have chosen a clear glass vase or bowl, you might want to trim your faux flower stems to achieve a sleek look since they’ll be visible through the glass.

Cutting your faux flower stems is a nice and easy way to create natural shape in your arrangement. Leaving the middle stems slightly taller and bending the necks of the outer stems to droop over the vase, will add to the realism of the arrangement.

There’s a quick and easy golden rule to ensure your flowers sit perfectly in their vase.

Stand your faux stem up against your vase. The bottom leaf on the stem should be level with the neck of the vase, so when you place it in the arrangement, the leaf nestles gently along or just over the rim. This gives your artificial flower arrangement a truly natural and realistic look.

Be aware that, as you layer in more flowers, you may not need, or want to re-size every stem. Leaving some full length will give your floral design extra height and shape – so measure and cut as you go, rather than cutting everything before you start. 

The centre of each artificial flower stem contains a wire, we recommend using wire cutters or a strong pair of scissors to break through the stem. 

An alternative solution if you were having trouble with this, would be to cut through the plastic coating of the artificial flower stems with your scissors and make a small nick in the wire. Bend the wire back and forth to help weaken it and ultimately break it. 

Simply bending the ends of your faux flower stems is the perfect trick to create a temporary stem length that can be readjusted and changed, especially useful for when you are experimenting with different heights and elevations of an arrangement

There’s a quick and easy golden rule to ensure your flowers sit perfectly in their vase.

Stand your faux flower stem up against your vase. The bottom leaf on the stem should be level with the neck of the vase, so when you place it in the arrangement, the leaf nestles gently along or just over the rim. This gives your artificial flower arrangement a truly natural and realistic look.

Be aware that, as you layer in more flowers, you may not need, or want to re-size every stem. Leaving some full length will give your floral design extra height and shape – so measure and bend as you go, rather than bending everything before you start. 

The centre of each artificial flower stem contains a wire. You should bend the faux flower stem right back on itself like a hairpin. The beauty of bending is that, if you change your vase or create a new arrangement, you can straighten the stems out and measure up again.