Real plants aren't hard to keep (if you pick common types that are easy to keep) and they have many advantages. Firstly, they cannot look fake in any way, and they make the house air fresher and smell nicer. They also cost less than fakes and you can save even more cash by buying small ones and growing them.
I have about 17 large plants in my house (between 4 to 7 foot tall), all are real and need minimal effort to keep. I try to buy tougher plants like kentia palms or rubber plants, which are very hard to kill. I only need to water every month as I found these devices that are full of water and are burried in the soil to provide a steady supply of water. They're barely noticable in the pot, and if you put them at the back they can't be seen at all. As for feeding, you can buy those tablets that last anywhere from 4 months to a year, depending on the plant size and tablet brand. Since my plants are so big I use the kind designed for trees which last a year. Watering 12 times a year is nothing compaired to the task of cleaning a fake plant that's covered in dust, so I actually think my real ones are *less* work than fake. They also can't oveflow and make a mess with the self watering devices.
-- Bry
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