Painted Succulents / myLot

United States

February 2, 2020 6:26pm CST

We went to home Depot today,band while my husband shopped for screws and brackets I wandered with the kids to the garden department. From time to time I like to pretend I don't live in a cave and browse plants as if I could actually grow them. Then I saw these brightly colored plants and wondered why they had plastic plants in the garden department. Turns out they were real succulents that had been painted. The paint wasn't toxic to the plants, according to the sign, and would grow out. New growth would be green or gold. But why paint them at all? Would you be more likely to buy a unnaturally colored plant?

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Felicia Kane

@DesirousDreamer (34776)

• Peoria, Arizona

3 Feb 20

That is really sad since succulents already come in such pretty colors.

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Winona Morris

@nonersays (3344)

• United States

3 Feb 20

They really do. Some of the cactus there had natural "blooms" nearly the same color as these painted plants.

joy

@MGjhaud (23228)

• Philippines

3 Feb 20

I wouldn’t. I love their natural colors. I have a fake one—all green—and I love it. I should buy a real.

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joy

@MGjhaud (23228)

• Philippines

3 Feb 20

I didn't know it's okay to paint on the real ones. What kind of paint is it?

Winona Morris

@nonersays (3344)

• United States

3 Feb 20

@MGjhaud The information with them did not say. It just said the paint was safe for the plants and would grow out, the new growth being normal green.

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Winona Morris

@nonersays (3344)

• United States

3 Feb 20

My fake ones are all green too. Except one I painted the tips silver to match a planter I made to put it in.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169479)

• United States

4 Feb 20

I do not get the point, but that is me. I like plants in their real colors.

Angie

@andriaperry (118793)

• Anniston, Alabama

3 Feb 20

I am all about natural

Thelma

@thelme55 (79324)

• Germany

3 Feb 20

I would rather buy the real one than the fake one. They look better than the fake ones.

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Winona Morris

@nonersays (3344)

• United States

3 Feb 20

Well, ALL the succulents in the photo are real ones. Some just have been painted to look fake for some reason. Glad to see you like the natural look though.

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