live plants

Potted living vegetation

Live plants are plants that are alive and growing, as opposed to artificial, dried, or dead specimens.

The term appears most often in contexts where the distinction matters: customs regulations restricting live plants to prevent pest introduction, garden centers selling live plants versus silk arrangements, or shipping requirements for live plants that need water and light.

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ferns · succulents · potted · window sill · nursery · potting soil · roots · root system · soil · growing · leafy · botanical · verdant · sprouts · cuttings · watering · grow light · photosynthesis

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living status

live plantsdried plants

Flora with water extracted

dried flowers · withered plants · pressed flowers · herbarium specimens · dried herbs

authenticity/materiality

live plantssilk flowers

Imitation blooms from fabric

plastic flowers

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G