I had a green flowerpot that made it to about the one year mark before it melted away. I knew they were hard to keep when I purchased it but figured that just maybe I would get lucky. Nope no such luck for me! I knew after about 6 months when even though it still looked great and opened up huge there was no growth to the skeleton and was just surviving instead of flourishing. Lesson learned and I wount buy another but they sure are cool looking!