Oh my gosh I was very disappointed when I first took this tree out of the box! It is so cheap looking! The palm frawns on it are separated from the plastic and bent upwards. I tried to straighten them out but it did no good. The palm frawns should be longer...way to short! The trunk is brown plastic tape! The money I paid for this was way to much. When I plugged it in I was slightly surprised at how cute it looked lit up. I got this to put around my Koi pond but I don't think it would be very good out there as the sun would definitely fade the palms. It is sitting on my back porch...not sure where to put it now.