These are much better than the moss poles, which are messy. Pieces of moss always falling all over the place. I also love the way they look. Only problem I had was the clips to attach the the base with an extension kept splitting when I attached them. There were extra clips in the box, so that helped. There were also suggestions for applying lacquer periodically, which I didn’t do, but I guess we’ll see what happens. I’m not sure how you would do that once the plant attaches itself. Overa...