These are very lifelike and look great outside by my pool.  The only problem I had was with the packaging and that's why I gave ir 4 stars.  They came two together and were packed so tightly with the two tops facing each other, that it created a big whole in the top of both topiaries.  I tried my best to move the boxwood around, but there still is a bit of sparseness around the tops of both of these. But otherwise, they were a bargain and do look beautiful and look like I spent a lot of money on them.  If I had to do it over again I would.