Artificial foliage and additional greenery can make the atmosphere of places more lively. Lush greenery enhances the color and beauty of neighboring blossoms, providing a very pleasing and natural contrast. Although most silk flower stems have some leaves on them, additional leafy foliage completes and fills out a floral arrangement. Mixing foliage, as well as floral elements, can make a silk flower centerpiece much more interesting.

Artificial plants are available in every variety — from eye-catching silk orchid or other tropical plants, right through house plants, floor plants and even full-sized artificial trees. Small leaves, big leaves, giant leaves — it's a jungle out there!

Different materials and methods are used to make modern artificial plants as realistic as possible. Those that have leaves with fine detail, such as fern plants, may be made of carefully modeled and finely molded plastics, rather than fabric. It's hard to be sure if they are real or artificial unless you touch them.