I have been on the hunt for some greenery for my living room. I’ve searched at a few places, like Home Goods and Marshalls, and online quite a bit. I’ve bought and returned one larger plant. Am I having commitment issues??? No, it’s just that I haven’t met the right one yet. But I’m narrowing down the hunt and wanted to share some options that I love to save you some time in your hunt for the perfect green match.
Olive Tree
Olive trees originated in the Mediterranean region of the world, with warm moist climates to produce an abundance of olives. Olive branches are covered with smaller leaves, with a grayish-green color. In the summer, small light colored flowers can bloom ahead of ripening olives. These trees can be planted and grown indoors, in full sunlight.
I’ve looked at some real olive plants that I can locally source or online. And this option looks great: Tree. But I don’t have the right full light spot in my house. And truthfully, I cannot keep succulents alive, so I think I’d ruin the poor thing.
So I’ve found a few other options, that are faux:
The first option above, which you can find here: Tree 2, has nice full leaves. For half the price of the second, which you can find here: Tree 3, it’s a great option. I think Tree 2 is a front runner for my living room.
Fiddle Leaf Fig
Fiddle leaf figs are popular for indoor plants. They have large, green violin shaped leaves. They thrive in warmer weather, which makes it ideal for indoor full light locations in typically cooler climates. They are pretty tough and hardy, but I worry about my brown thumb and lack of warm light in our Pacific Northwest home. Faux on the other hand…
I’ve purchased one fiddle leaf fig tree and returned it after a branch fell off when I was unpacking it. I think it can be challenging to find fiddle leaf that looks very realistic, but it can still be pulled off to bring a lot of green to your room with large green leaves. This faux option is a good one, with a good spread of branches: Fiddle Leaf 1.
For near the same price, Target has an option that will also bring some green without burning through your green [cash, I mean]: Fiddle Tree 2.
Ficus Tree
Ficus trees are more like houseplants. Ficus is a family member of the fig tree. These trees thrive in warm climates with indirect sunlight (bright light can scald the leaves). Amazon sells live trees, and here is one option with the unique braided rope trunk of a ficus: Ficus tree:
For artificial options, Home Goods almost always has these in stock. I have yet to find a faux one that has realistic leaves, but here is a good option that might: Faux Ficus Tree:
I’ve heard great things about the company that sells these, and that the plants often look very realistic: Faux Ficus:
Those More Durable
For those of us who need something a little more durable, and something that can sit quietly in the corner and let me neglect it a bit, here are some ideas:
This faux cactus could fool me! Faux Cactus.
This bundle has a little bit of a lot: some Eucalyptus and Rose to bring green inside, and includes neutral potters that would match with nearly any decor: Bundle.
I will keep hunting, and if you find one you love send us a comment!
