Low-quality, cheap artificial plants are everywhere, and sadly, they’ve set low expectations for what these products can and should be.

Luckily, low-quality plants can be easy to spot once you know what to look for.

Here are some key giveaways of poor-quality fake plants:

Leaves with shiny, plastic-like surfaces that reflect light unnaturally

Colors that are overly bright, uniform, or inconsistent

Stems that are rigid, brittle, or too thick

Sloppy assembly, with visible glue or uneven spacing between leaves and stems