Artificial Trees Over 15 ft

Above 15 ft we are in architectural scale — trees built for double-height lobbies, atriums, malls and outdoor landscaping rather than any room in a house. The range here runs from 16 ft cherry blossom and 15 ft cypress towers to date and coconut palms specified up to 66 ft, most shipped by freight with project support for installation.

How much ceiling height and floor clearance does a tree this size actually need?

Treat the stated height as the minimum clearance to leave, not the target — a canopy that just touches a ceiling reads cramped rather than tall. Palms and banyans also spread wide: a fan-leafed palm or a resort-scale 10 m date palm needs metres of clear floor around the trunk, not just headroom above it. Outdoors, add clearance for wind movement in the canopy and for anchoring hardware at the base — a piece built for a pool deck or plaza needs a weighted or ground-anchored footing, not a decorative pot.

Which species work at 15 ft and beyond?

Palms dominate this range — coconut, date, king coconut, canary island date and Washingtonia all read as genuinely large-scale because a tall bare trunk under a top-heavy canopy is how the real tree grows, so nothing about the silhouette looks stretched. Banyan and ficus specimens carry a wide horizontal canopy suited to atrium centrepieces. Cherry blossom is the seasonal option: at 16 to 18 ft it works as an architectural bloom for a hotel atrium or wedding venue, not a permanent fixture. Cedar and cypress towers, and olive trees built to order up to 4.5 m, cover Mediterranean-style landscaping. A 17 ft maple is built specifically as an event centrepiece.

How does delivery and installation work at this scale?

Nothing this size arrives in one box. Trees ship by freight in trunk sections and separate branch or frond clusters, and installation is a two-person job at minimum. Several pieces here, including the canary date palm and the date palm built to order up to 66 ft, are made to the height a project specifies rather than sold as a fixed size, so confirm the ceiling or landscape measurement before ordering. Our architectural scale collection is the place to start a project this size.

Indoor or outdoor — what changes above 15 ft?

Outdoor pieces at this scale need UV-resistant foliage and a fiberglass or reinforced trunk rather than the moulded resin used indoors, since direct sun and weather are constant rather than occasional. Several palms in this collection are built specifically for pool decks, patios and landscaping. Indoors, a lobby or atrium tree seen from across a room rarely needs the close-inspection detail of a real wood trunk — the silhouette does the work at that distance.

Frequently asked questions

Do trees over 15 ft ship assembled?

No. A tree at this scale ships in multiple sections — trunk pieces, branch clusters or a folding canopy — because a single 15-plus-foot box is not practical to freight or move through a building. Assembly means fitting the sections together on site and shaping the foliage by hand, and it is a job for two or more people rather than one. Our unboxing and shaping guide covers the general process, and larger orders come with project support.

Can a tree this size go outdoors through a Canadian winter?

The foliage and trunk materials themselves are not damaged by cold — UV-resistant PE and fiberglass do not degrade the way a living plant would. The practical risks are wind loading on a tall canopy and snow accumulating on the foliage, which adds weight a decorative pot is not built to carry. An anchored or weighted outdoor base and periodic clearing of heavy snow are the main precautions. See our guide on artificial plants outdoors through a Canadian winter for more detail.

Do you provide fire safety documentation for hotel, mall or atrium installations?

We provide documentation where it exists for a given product, but we never state that a piece meets a standard without paper behind it. Canadian jurisdictions generally reference CAN/ULC-S109, and NFPA 701 is the common US benchmark. Ask for documentation on any commercial order, ours included, and confirm the requirement with your local authority having jurisdiction before specifying — requirements vary by building and occupancy type.

Is a planter or base included at this size?

Rarely. Most pieces over 15 ft ship with a plain root ball, a nursery-style base or an anchoring plate meant to be set into a planter, plaza feature or ground fixture chosen for the specific site, rather than a decorative pot sized for a piece this large. Check the individual product page before assuming a finished planter is included, and plan the base or footing as part of the installation.

Can heights be customized beyond what is listed on the product page?

Several products in this collection, including the palms noted above, are built to order to a height a project specifies rather than sold only at fixed sizes. Where that applies it is stated on the product page. For a size not shown as a variant, our architectural scale page is the right starting point to discuss what is possible.