Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This plant arrived in pretty poor condition. Many of the leaves, particularly the newer growth, were already browning or already dead, and two smaller stems fell off immediately. The plant wasn't shipped until over a week after I bought it and I'm guessing it sat in a shipping box for that entire week. It was also completely wet so I had to let the plant dry out. After over a week of the plant not drying, I decided to check the root system. The roots looked pretty healthy, but the plant was badly rootbound. I shook loose the soil and found that not only was the soil it was planted in devoid of any aeration material (pumice or perlite, used to add drainage and oxygen to the potting mix - aglaonemas like to dry out between waterings and do not usually like to stay moist), but the plant was first put into a smaller 2.5" nursery pot, which the roots were exploding out of, and then into a larger 6" nursery pot. The smaller plastic pot can't even be cut away without destroying the root system. I will be shocked if this plant lives longer than a few months. The picture included shows the inner nursery pot that's completely integrated into the root system, and shows how badly the plant was rootbound even in the larger pot. The amount of laziness in maintaining a plant in this way is shocking. I will never buy from Costa farms again.