KdgardenArtificial Plant Boxwood Topiary Balls 2PCS 15.7" UV Protected 4 Layers Faux Plants Decorative Balls for Outdoor Patio Garden Balcony Backyard and Indoor Home Wedding Decoration, Dark Green

I was looking for topiary balls to place in planters on either side of my garage as I was tired of replacing live plants that did not survive the hot CA. summers. The balls arrived in two sections but were easy to snap together. While artificial, they do look somewhat real up close and real from a distance. I secured them to the planter by looping a section of fishing line through the bottom of the ball and tying it to a brick at the bottom of the planter. Nobody sees the brick etc. and the balls have stayed very secure even in the wind. Overall, very happy with the appearance and price of the topiaries.

These topiary balls are beautiful, lush and realistic. I bought them to create topiaries on my deck with tall white planters I also bought on Amazon. When I put the topiary balls in the planters, I realized the scale was off. So I bought two more balls and stacked them on top so they are now tiered topiaries, and they look so cool now. The way I did it was I bought half-inch copper pipes and stood them up through the drainage holes in the shelf insert of the planters, and then the pipes went through openings in the topiary balls. When I was done, part of the copper pipe stuck out past the topiary ball on top, so I used a pipe cutter to trim the excess portion. Now when I sit or work out on the deck I feel like I'm on vacation at a resort. (Well, almost.) These topiary balls are gorgeous, and I highly recommend them. However, assembling the two halves into one ball was tough. Here are my tips: use pliers to connect them. Connect one section at a time. Immediately after putting the protruding part into the hole, grab one of the zip ties and secure that section. Then move on to the next section. Putting the first few zip ties in is easy because you can stick your hand through the open section of the ball and insert the end of the zip tie through the other side. But as the whole ball gets closed up, you can't stick your hand through anymore, so then I used tweezers to help me with the zip tie. Leave all the zip ties with their long ends hanging out until you're finished, and then snip off the excess. Leaving the long ends on helps you figure out where the next connection point is, as it's really hard to keep track because these balls are so lush with foliage. I got really good at it by the 4th ball. These are wonderful. Highly recommend!

I use these in my front landscaping and I love that they are in halves, I anchored them each to the ground. They are very nice, hopefully will stand up well.

Do yourself and your fingers a favor. Get some larger ties! Black ties work just fine. I was very excited to get these for my front entrance. They arrived promptly and I liked them right out of the box. However, trying to put the two halves together proved to be frustrating and harder than I thought, with the small lime green ties provided. Fortunately, I remembered I had a bunch of larger black ties left from another project, and this is what I ended up using. Still not the easiest thing to do, but it worked! Overall results were better than expected! Highly recommend!

They were a little out of align when I put them together but I made it work. They look really nice and so easy to take care of!!

They look great along side my others fake plants. Most people have no idea the are fake. Will buy more next year

Love the product but the assembly is difficult.

These are pretty and very full. I tried a cheaper version but that one came with many holes visible in the greens. I have these in vases and they look great from far and near.