Better (For Me) Than Live Flowers
Every spring, I pay quite a hefty price for a floral hanging basket for my covered front stoop. I’m a shortie (5’2) and watering the hanging basket is challenging. The live flowers need to be watered often, especially in warmer weather. Regardless of how well I care for the live flowers in the hanging basket, they start to wither in late July or early August because of the heat & humidity. I thought I’d give this product a try, but I was skeptical that they’d look real at a distance much less up close. Out of the box, I was impressed by the flowers. Great quality with a vibrant mix of colors. The basket, chain, and basket liner are high quality as well. It came with styrofoam that is removable & perfectly fits the basket. The next test was how easy they could be arranged and how they looked once put together. This weekend, I arranged the stems by pushing each one into the included styrofoam. Loved that the artificial flowers are various stems rather than already grouped together. This allowed me to be in control of how I wanted the color scheme to look. It took me about 30 minutes for me to finish the arrangement (this was my first time arranging artificial flowers into styrofoam). The most difficult part was deciding what color placement I wanted and figuring out how deep to push each stem in. The result was a gorgeous hanging basket with colorful flowers that look incredibly life like. I love that I won’t have to water them. My front door has a smallish covered stoop/porch. There’s already a nice hanger there from previous years. While some rain will blow in, they should stay relatively dry. They also won’t get direct sunlight. I’m hoping that the basket will look great all summer and, fingers crossed, next year or longer. Even if they only last one season, this was $20 less than the live hanging basket of flowers I bought last year that looked so bad by early August that I took it down. I also bought similar flowers (maybe even from the same brand) to arrange in a mid-sized flower pot to place on the porch/stoop. I’ll put those on the other side of the area so the front of our house is colorful and vibrant. There’s no “plastic” smell and none of the leaves or flowers fell off when I arranged them. The texture is very life like. Giving this a 10/10 and highly recommend. I’ll update my review if they don’t hold up well, fade, etc., but as of now, I have high hopes. Read more
