Goodbye Traditional Garden Decor: Amazon Has A Floral Find That Lights Up Your Yard

Every whimsical garden needs certain flowers and decor. But traditional options, from ceramic gnomes to wooden signs, aren't really unique. Instead, homeowners looking to add something new and fresh to their outdoor space can use glowing garden decor pieces. It's a fun way to ditch a dark yard or patio and create a glowing, romantic ambiance instead. 

For example, Amazon's Gigalumi solar lights for outdoor garden decor look like regular flowers during the day, but can light up your yard all night long. These solar lights have colorful petals on top of a metal spike that's meant to be stuck into the soil, making the whole installation look like a real blooming flower. These are sold in packs of three, which retail for around $25. You can start with just a few or purchase several packs at a time to create a lush flower garden bed. 

More specifically, these glowing fake flowers are shaped to look like delphinium, a type of perennial plant that has tall conical spikes covered in small colorful petals. Perennial flowers bring timeless beauty to the garden, but gardening isn't everyone's cup of tea. So if you choose to buy fake delphiniums instead of growing real ones, no one will blame you. Plus, real plants don't light up at night. And if you're an avid gardener and do have tons of real blooms, no worries. You can place these fake ones throughout your flower beds to add a touch of whimsy and light to your garden. 

Ideally, you should place these glowing solar flowers where they'll receive sunlight so that they can fully recharge during the day. Besides that, feel free to pop them wherever you'd like: regular garden beds, raised ones, lawns, and along paths or driveways. You could also place them near a shed, a fence, in a vegetable garden, around a pond, or near some shrubs. 

If you don't have a large yard or sprawling flower beds, don't worry. You can use these glowing florals to decorate a small balcony, deck, patio, or porch. Simply plant the lights into containers instead of the ground. You can use soil for this, or cut a piece of dry floral foam to fill the pot or planter, poking the metal prong into it to hold it up. Another option is to do this with a long rectangular planter like a window box. Once placed in front of your window, it will act as a partial privacy screen to cut off the view from the outside. At night, it will bring a dim colorful light into your home, which you can filter with a sheer curtain.

And if you have a fence, try attaching the flowers at the top of it to act as a glowing edge along your property. To do this, use some zip ties and secure the metal prong (the part meant to go into soil) against each vertical fence post.