[emma_mcraf]

Originally Posted by CherryBrandy

yes I must admit a visit to the Garden centre sets me back a bit but I look at the Monty Don programme and people spend £4K on their garden and I think wow !

I always do a mix of artificial flowers and real. You will of seen from some of my pickys. And people really can't tell at all ie with orchids - loads in the conservatory but they wouldn't survive for real in the heat. I just leave them all out all year round too ! ... CB

My orchids are silk too and I have them all over the home and they look so real.
I managed mini orchids for a year and was chuffed when after flowering my feeding regime worked, I cut at the right node and a new flower stalk appeared and I got more flowers but I don't know what went wrong after that as it never flowered again.