Artificial plants

Artificial flowers have appeared very long time: in ancient China and Greece produced flowers of gold and porcelain. Did these flowers also made of clay, pens, parchment, and many other materials. But in the arrangements they were used not so long ago. |

The first artificial flowers intended for the tracks were made of paper - plain or specially treated and painted. Revolutionary changes in the production of artificial flowers occurred about 40 years ago, when the world is flooded with plastic flowers from South-East Asia. They were cheap enough, good for a gift, but for the precious flower arrangements were a little rough. But the fashion for them has passed. Today, artificial flowers made of polyester, latex, organza, parchment, natural silk.

In specialty stores offers a huge selection of artificial flowers, and even experts can sometimes take them for living. Most often, artificial flowers mimic living, but lately more and more popular are artificial "dry" flowers with slightly crinkled petals of flowers and brown leaves.

Artificial flowers are used in different ways. In those cases when you need a bright and long-lasting flower arrangement, most similar to the living, and when there is no possibility of adding water into the vessel, the arrangements are entirely of artificial plants. Sometimes, artificial flowers enliven the compositions of dried flowers. In arrangements with flowers, wire stems of artificial dye to nail polish before putting them in water or in moist floristic sponge. As an attachment for artificial flowers usually use looped wire or piaflor for dried flowers (brown). Arrangement of artificial plants will take more finished look, if you include it processed in glycerol garden greens.

Flowers from polyester can be washed in hot water with detergent (only then they should be rinsed well and making sure that no water got on fixture). From time to time petals of artificial flowers should be swept from the dust.

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