OakRidge Fully Assembled Fuchsia Hanging Basket, Fuchsia – Polyester, Red, 15" long x 15" Wide x 8" High

This basket is hanging at our church. People think it's real. Lasted a long time. We use from spring till fall starts. Faded a little after several years now. Looking to buy another one. When got really windy, a person said, (you need to take the hanging basket inside). This picture is after 4 or so years.

First you can see that the box it came in was *crushed*. Since it was already busted halfway open, I opened up the bottom and a bunch of crumbly green stuff dumped all over the floor. I was happy to see that at least the basket and its contents hadn't been decimated. However, 90% of the blooms were squashed flat or had petals that were folded in very unnatural ways. The outer petals didn't bend outward like it would one the real thing. This product should've been shipped in a slightly bigger and stronger box, with the basket of flowers placed in a plastic bag to protect it. It also should've been marked as “Fragile”. For heavens sake, it's so light, it's obvious it was tossed around with heavy boxes. I'm really surprised the basket wasn't bent up and the styrofoam base wasn't crumbled. For what you get it is very overpriced and there is no concern if it reaches you in one piece. The only thing it has going for it is its hanging directly from the ceiling so much of its flaws are harder to see. I would never buy this again. If I could get a purple fuchsia elsewhere, I would return this. Since I can't I'll keep it but I'm not a happy camper at all.