Official StoreFall Artificial Flowers — UV Resistant Outdoor Autumn Blooms

The colour does not bleach out

Cheap faux flowers go pale after two weeks in the sun — the reds turn pink and the oranges go dusty. That is what gives them away from the street.

These are UV resistant, so a south-facing porch through September and October does not wash them out. That is the whole difference between decor that lasts a season and decor you replace.

Real mums are dead by mid-October

Fresh autumn planting has a short window. You buy it in early September, it peaks for two weeks, and it is brown before Halloween — right when you actually wanted it.

Nothing to water, nothing to wilt. Put these out at the start of the season and they look identical on Thanksgiving. No dropped petals on the step either.

Pick the size of the job

6 bundles suits a single door wreath or one planter. 12 covers a pair of window boxes plus a container. 18 is for doing the whole front of the house without it looking thin.

Four colourways: Mixed Color for a full autumn blend, or Orange, Wine Red and Yellow when you are matching something you already own.

Outside, then inside

Front porches, wreaths, window boxes, planters, hanging baskets and patio containers — anywhere a real plant would need watering you cannot easily reach.

They work indoors too, so whatever is left over goes on a mantel or a table centrepiece instead of into a bin.

Box them up, use them next year

Nothing here decomposes. Pack the bundles away after Thanksgiving and they come out the same next September — the second season is effectively free.

That also means you can build up: 6 bundles this year, 12 more next, without worrying about a colour that has been discontinued in the meantime.

What's in the box

• 6, 12 or 18 flower bundles — whichever pack you choose
• Colour as selected: Mixed Color, Orange, Wine Red or Yellow

Bundles arrive compressed. Fan the blooms out and bend the stems into shape before placing them.