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Botanical Beauty
Whether you prefer small succulents or a giant monstera, use plants and foliage to add a natural touch
to your home.
Group lots of small plants together,
contrasting their shapes, colours and
textures, to create an impact. Potted
plants, from £6, Ikea.
These hand-blown glass
mini-greenhouses will
nurture nature’s smallest
plants through their first
stages of life. Small
£28.50, large £38,
Abode Living.
Incredibly realistic,
these faux Silver
Saltmarsh stems look
beautiful simply placed
in bottles or grouped
together in a vase. £9,
LillianDaph.
Surround yourself
with seasonal British
foraged grasses and seeded
foliage. Nostalgia botanical
wallpaper, £75 per roll,
Woodchip and Magnolia.
Printed on high-quality
white paper with a
slender black frame, this
set of two anatomical
plant prints will add a
touch of botanical
style. £175, Cox & Cox.
Bring Nature Indoors
This faded
image of flowers
and leaves is
printed on paper
with a linen
backing to give
it a crumpled
vintage look.
Kyoto wall
hanging, £130,
Abode Living.
Add a touch of
nature to
your home
with a lifelike
faux plant – no
need to water.
Lene Bjerre
Flora artificial
succulent, £65,
Sweetpea &
Willow.
Let the plants provide
the decorative accents
in your living room. Isla
two-seat sofa In Oat
Smart Linen, £1,790,
Sofa.com.
These patterned ceramic
pots are modelled on the
outer leaves of an artichoke
and finished with an aqua
glaze. Artichoke pots, £8 and
£15, Garden Trading.
• Shades of green are very on-trend and
provide a lovely background for displays
of plants. They are easy to live with and
combine wonderfully with whites and offwhites,
as well as natural materials such as
timber, stone and linen.
• Botanical-themed wallpaper and fabrics
can be beautiful but quite overwhelming.
If you prefer to keep the look relatively
subtle, choose small-scale or delicate
prints in shades of green and neutrals for
background interest.
• To make an impact with a display of
real botanicals, choose large plants and
position in strategic places, as you would a
sculpture. Alternatively, place collections of
smaller plants together in rows or groups,
allowing for contrasts in shapes, colour and
texture. Don’t forget to pop trailing plants
on a high shelf to create a ‘living wall’ effect.
Coordinate pots or planters for a sense of
overall cohesion.
• Enhance your walls with botanical works
of art. Traditional school-style posters are
very on trend right now, as are anatomical
botanical drawings, eighteenth centurystyle
paintings (used as bold, whole-wall
murals) and graphic modern prints.
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