I bought this based on the many reviews of how realistic this tree looks.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.  Even from a distance you can easily tell it is fake.  You cannot shape the leaves at all, and many of them point straight up which makes it look even more fake.  That is not how a fiddle leaf fig tree grows!  I would have returned it but it was ridiculously expensive to do so.  I would have chosen zero stars if it was available.