I was skeptical of these, but I am very pleased after buying. These tiny green plastic cat tails come attached to plastic stringers so they are easy to handle. I took out the air brush and sprayed about half of them a yellowish green and the other half a yellow brown. Then painted the top flower of each yellow. Trimmed them off the stringers used a large pin to poke a small hole in my pond area and clustered them together in groups around the pond using Mod Podge matte glue. When I poured the epoxy for my pond water they where poking out of the water just like the real thing. Very realistic looking I will send photos as I get time. SK Ohio