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Artificial flowers buying guide

Updated: 21 October 2026

You have a jug on the table, a photo of a full bouquet, and a listing that calls the same bunch silk, plastic, 20 mm and 47 cm. This artificial flowers buying guide is the order of checks before you open the [artificial flowers comparison](/hub/houseplants/artificial-flowers). By the end you should know which line to trust for material, length, and whether a vase is in the box. The ten packs cost £7.95 to £16.98 on amazon.co.uk in this file. Peter F. read those listings and the UK review texts. This is not a lab test. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You have a jug on the table, a photo of a full bouquet, and a listing that calls the same bunch silk, plastic, 20 mm and 47 cm.

Our top picks

Kradeler Kradeler 24 outdoor bundles, white rose purple

Best overall

Kradeler Kradeler 24 outdoor bundles, white rose purple
8.4/10about £11.99
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JMOOT JMOOT 6 outdoor bundles, six colours

Best value

JMOOT JMOOT 6 outdoor bundles, six colours
7.8/10about £7.95
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Floralsecret Floralsecret white roses in a glass vase

Alternative

Floralsecret Floralsecret white roses in a glass vase
8.1/10about £16.98
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On this page
  1. 1.Silk, PE, and plastic
  2. 2.Length, pack count, and the vase
  3. 3.What £8 to £17 buys here
  4. 4.Questions before you order

Silk, PE, and plastic

Silk on these pages is a fabric claim, not a bolt from a mill. Plastic, including PE, is the usual outdoor filler because it does not drink rain the way a cloth petal can. There is no flower-fabric British Standard in these sources, so you are judging a description, not a kitemark. Use fabric when you will stand close. Floweroyal and Veryhome are silk in the bullets. Use plastic or a PE-and-cloth mix in a planter. Kradeler names PE and silk, and the usage field says outdoor. JMOOT is plastic and cloth, also outdoor. UV resistant on silk is still a fabric stem. Rain and fade are on outdoor artificial flowers.

Length, pack count, and the vase

Read the bullet centimetres first. Kisflower's bullets say 47 cm and the dimension line says 20 mm. Floweroyal's bullets say about 32 cm, while 10 × 5 × 2 cm reads as the packed size. YELIKIT's title says about 40 cm and the dimension height is 3 cm. Veryhome says about 50 cm on both lines. Kradeler's 24 matches bundles, not heads. JMOOT's 6 matches six bundles. HNVNER's title says two bunches and the count field says 4. A florist rule of thumb is 1.5 to 2 times the vase height. That is a shop hint, not a requirement.
Kradeler Kradeler 24 outdoor bundles, white rose purple

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Kradeler Kradeler 24 outdoor bundles, white rose purple
8.4/10about £11.99
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What £8 to £17 buys here

The shelf runs from £7.95 to £16.98. That is a home bunch, not a wedding install. The Telegraph's 2026 round-up at other retailers sits around £30 to upwards of £140. Do not treat a £9.49 peony as a failed £40 stem. Under £10 you are mostly buying short silk or a small outdoor multipack. Around £12 to £16 you are buying outdoor bundles, long roses, large hydrangea heads, or a mixed bouquet whose material lines conflict. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 asks whether the goods are as described for that price and photo. This band is not a ranking.

Questions before you order

Before you order, answer five questions. What does the bullet call the petal, and does the material field agree? Which centimetre is the stem, and which is the packet? Does 24 or 6 count bundles or heads? Is a vase in the included items, or only a container type? If the stems will see rain, is the usage field outdoor, or is UV resistant only a special feature on indoor silk? If the last answer is the special feature, do not treat the bunch as a patio plant.

Common questions

Is silk real silk?
On these amazon.co.uk listings, silk means a fabric petal, usually the polyester or rayon that UK artificial-flower sellers describe, not fibre from a silkworm. Veryhome, Floweroyal, HNVNER, Kisflower, and Floralsecret use that wording. It is the better bet when you will look at the bloom from a chair. It is the weaker bet in a south-facing pot, because a UV adjective on cloth is a colour claim, not a weather test. Plastic or PE is the material to shortlist when the stems stay outside.
How do I read stem length when the lines disagree?
Use the bullet that states a height in centimetres or inches, and treat a tiny dimension line as the packet unless the two figures are close. Kisflower's 47 cm bullet against a 20 mm line is the stark case. Floweroyal's 32 cm bullet against 10 × 5 × 2 cm is the packed-size case. Veryhome is the case where both lines say about 50 cm. Measure your own vase. The 1.5-times hint is a florist rule of thumb, not a standard.
Does the pack include a vase?
Only Floralsecret, at £16.98, includes a glass vase in this comparison. The other nine listings do not, even when a field says vase or planter. Kisflower's bullets say the vase is not included. Floweroyal and HNVNER describe bunches only. If your jug is tall, a 30 cm peony will sit low unless you lift it, which is a repeated UK comment on the shorter silk packs. Buy the container first if the listing does not name one in the included items.
What does a flower count of 6 or 24 actually count?
On Kradeler, 24 is the number of bundles. Each bundle is described as 18 small heads, so you are not receiving 24 roses. On JMOOT, 6 is the number of bundles, and each bundle has about 10 heads of about 3 cm. HNVNER is the awkward one: the title says two bunches and the count field says 4. Read the sentence that describes one bunch, then decide if you need a second pack. A count field alone will not tell you how full the vase will look.
Can I trust UV resistant on an indoor silk listing?
No. Floweroyal's usage field says indoor, and UV resistant appears in special features. That is not a season in a British garden. Specialist guidance treats UV wording as colour stability, and treats silk as the weak fabric in full sun. Suxyn adds UV resistant and weather resistant to a plastic mix rated 3.6 from 27 reviews, still with no test method. If the stems must stay out, start from a listing whose indoor/outdoor field says outdoor.

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Sources

Public UK sources named below, plus two specialist notes on materials and UV wording. amazon.co.uk prices, stars and review counts on these ten listings are the figures stored for this category. Scoring pass 20 October 2026. Page updated 21 October 2026.

  1. GOV.UK, General Product Safety Regulations 2005, Great Britain (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  2. GOV.UK, product safety in Northern Ireland (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  3. Business Companion, selling and supplying goods (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  4. London Fire Brigade, candles (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  5. Kent Fire and Rescue, artificial or dried foliage (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  6. The Artificial Flowers Company, what UV resistant means (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  7. Blooming Artificial, what artificial flowers are made from (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  8. East Devon, memorials and floral tributes (retrieved 20 October 2026)