After trying for 18 months to keep real palm trees alive, I gave up! My condo is a corner unit with north and western exposure, so lots of light, but I couldn’t keep them alive. I went through 4, using a meter to tell me when to water, giving them plant food, keeping the temperature moderate - nothing worked until I decided to go fake!
This palm is the perfect height for my room and gives life to a corner, adding greenery and anchoring the space next to my dining table. The palm ends up being shorter because to make it realistic, you should bend the branches.
As other reviewers have stated, it comes in a tiny black plastic pot,
Ike the kind you would get a real plant in at the garden store, NOT the white pot in the pictures. I was ok with that because I had the pot from my real plant. The pot it comes in is small and you can easily place in a larger decorative pot. I covered mine with river rocks otherwise it would fall over.
Yes, you have to fluff out every branch, but that is expected when ordering any type of faux plant in the mail. Some of the leaves on the fronds are bent/wrinkled and I’m hoping over time they will straighten out. I may take my steamer and see if that helps. Note, I’m a bit of a perfectionist so others may not even notice.
This palm is a larger size and has more branches than ones I have seen at some of the large discount stores (HomeGoods, TJMaxx, etc) which is why I decided to take a chance and buy online. I’m happy that I did. I’ve attached a few pics so you can see it in comparison to furniture, and a close up of leaves.