Tiffany we are plant people. I can see someone that really is not a plant person that would kill the plant even if it was not painted would just mark it up as they kill all plants anyway. I have a girlfriend that could kill a silk plant. I stopped giving her plants that are hard to kill she killed a spider plant. I do not know how she does it. Maybe I should buy her one of these for her birthday and see if it lives. Maybe the paint will save it.