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Please ID these multi-coloured plants

SverigeSverige Posts: 21
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Hi all,

i spotted these multicoloured plants in a tv show and was impressed enough to take a shot of the screen. I would love it if someone recognises the type of plant and can tell me the name, so I could see if I can recreate this eye catching arrangement.  Also, I wonder if these plants will stay different colours or if it's a temporary effect and they soon revert to green. Many thanks for any info!

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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited May 2018
    They look to me like someone got the spray can out. Like this. They are heathers.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I don’t know how people could do this to plants, or even how anyone could like them, they’ll be dead in a couple of weeks. You see them in cheap supermarkets around Christmas time. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Those spray painted heathers were on sale all winter in most supermarkets. It's hard to miss them. It's now moved onto succulent plants.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I believe one uses food dye.
  • SverigeSverige Posts: 21
    Oh! I had no idea they were artificially coloured. Sorry I just assumed there was some kind of plant which had variants of different colours. I thought they looked quite jolly, but it's personal taste of course. 
    So I think those kind answers have cleared up my query, thanks. 
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Our grocery store is currently full of dyed orchids.. I assume they water them with dye, as the color is in the flower.  
    Utah, USA.
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