As a Libertarian, I was hoping my plants would learn to stand on their own. They just refuse to do that, so now I have to play the role of Big Brother and provide these plants with some kind of "support" to get them to stand up tall. I'm somewhat disappointed in my plants because of this, but that is not the fault this three-piece plant stand set. 

The set came with three pieces as advertised, neither two nor four. When placed upon these stands, my plants seem to be of the proper height.