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Artificial Areca Palm Tree 5FT
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Artificial Areca Palm Tree 5FT

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The step up from four feet to five brings three extra canes with it — fifteen instead of twelve — and fullness is what separates a convincing artificial palm from an obvious one. Fifteen canes fanned properly reads as a mature clump; the same height with fewer would look thin at the base. Polyester fronds with wire inside so they bend where you want, real bark texture on the canes, a cement-filled seven-inch pot per plant, and two plants in the box.

In the box
Two plants
Height
5 ft each
Canes
15 per plant
Pot
7.1 in cube, cement base

How it lives in the room

Fan in three depths

Push a third of the canes back, leave a third in the middle and pull a third forward. Arranging all fifteen in one plane is what makes an artificial palm look like a fan rather than a plant.

Bend the fronds down

Each frond has wire in the spine. Real areca fronds arch over and drop at the tip; fronds left pointing upward at forty-five degrees is the most common giveaway on this species.

Clean with a wipe

Polyester fronds take a damp cloth well. Support each frond from underneath as you wipe so the wire spine is not bent out of the shape you set.

Before you order

Fifteen canes at five feet is a genuinely wide plant once fanned — easily a metre across. Check the floor space before you assume it fits between the sofa and the wall.