Artificial Plants; yay or nay?

[Matryoshka]

My mum had these when i was growing up in the 80s and i loathed them, but i've actually seen some very realistic looking modern ones and might be swayed because i have no luck with keeping pot plants alive. (even those lucky bamboo eventually give up on me)

What do you think? tacky or possibly tasteful?

[Visitor7]

We have a couple of big ones in the patio which look very real. They weren't cheap, between $100-$200 each, but they look great.

[mbear]

These days they do look real....but they are expensive....i saw a gorgeous one in Freedom the other day....$120 !!!! Pffftttt i went across to bunnings and got one for $16 ( a real one).
I think some of them ($2 shop ones) do look tacky...but if your willing to invest, then i think buying the better branded ones will see the results your after......

[Shalou]

I think sometimes the cheap plastic flowers look tacky but the synthetic ferns and things like that look great.