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Best kentia palm

Updated: October 2026

You want the best kentia palm from the amazon.co.uk listings in this comparison, and the honest answer depends on the job. One row is a living Howea forsteriana with no reviews. Two are artificial, and only the taller silk tree has a rating, a single 5.0 from 9 August 2024. That is too thin to crown one winner. The [kentia palm comparison](/hub/trees-and-palms/kentia-palm) shows the three rows. This page says who each one is for, and who should skip it. The Products Compared editorial team updated it on 16 October 2026 from those extracts plus RHS and BBC pages. There was no lab test. A qualifying purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you.

You want the best kentia palm from the amazon.co.uk listings in this comparison, and the honest answer depends on the job. One row is a living Howea forsteriana with no reviews.

Our top picks

Leaf Leaf artificial kentia, 120 cm

Best overall

Leaf Leaf artificial kentia, 120 cm
4.8/10about £50.07
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exotenherz Howea forsteriana, about 80 cm

Rank 2

exotenherz Howea forsteriana, about 80 cm
5.8/10about £29.99
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CREATIV green Artificial kentia, 70 cm

Rank 3

CREATIV green Artificial kentia, 70 cm
3.4/10about £29.89
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On this page
  1. 1.What best can mean in this set
  2. 2.The only living Howea
  3. 3.The two artificial kentias
  4. 4.Prices seen outside the set

What best can mean in this set

Best on a results page usually means the species, not a listing. Palm Centre calls kentia one of its most recommended indoor palms, often with several young plants in one pot, and a mature indoor height of about 1.5–3 m, sometimes 3.5 m. BBC Gardeners' World calls it tolerant of some neglect. The RHS still rates the species H1A. None of that tests the three ASINs in this folder. Our editorial scores are notes, not a trial: 58 for the living plant, 48 for the silk tree, 34 for the plastic one. They reward a stated species, a height, and a pot you can measure, and they withhold points when reviews are missing. We did not award a top-pick badge or a best-value badge. The living plant scores highest at £29.99. The plastic tree is £29.89 and states far less. Calling either the best across a plant and two fakes would mix jobs that do not compete. If you want the species, read the living row. If you want décor, read the artificials on the artificial kentia palm page.

The only living Howea

B07V8FQXNF, sold under exotenherz, is the only living Howea forsteriana in this comparison. The listing says a 19 cm pot, about 80 cm total height, indoor, partial sun, moderate watering, 1.8 kg, and £29.99. There is no Customer Reviews line, so a 5.0 on the silk tree does not beat it and this plant does not beat the silk tree either. They are different objects. You should take this row if you want the botanical name on the listing and a size you can carry indoors. You should skip it if you need star ratings, a named compost, or a plant for a cold porch. The English-name line says Kentia Palme, and the origin line says Lowd-Howe Islands. Trust the botanical name. Organic appears with no certification. Pet-friendly and soil are asked and not answered. ASPCA lists this species non-toxic to cats and dogs, which the listing never states. Palm Centre's 1.5–3.5 m range is what a kentia can become over years. It is not the height of this £29.99 plant. About 80 cm is the figure on the page, and approx means you check it on arrival. The kentia palm buying guide is the checklist for pot, height, and winter. This plant is the right row only when your room stays indoors all year and you accept that nobody has reviewed this exact listing in the file we captured.
Leaf Leaf artificial kentia, 120 cm

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Leaf Leaf artificial kentia, 120 cm
4.8/10about £50.07
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The two artificial kentias

B07XJF5C6S, CREATIV green, is a 70 cm artificial kentia in a black plastic pot at £29.89. Material is plastic, built-in light is no, and the manufacturer field says DeMa Handel. There is no review line, no weight, and no pot diameter. Buy it only if a short fake is enough and you can live with a thin spec. Skip it if you need a stated spread, a review, or anything you will water. It is not Howea forsteriana. B0CCJV12HJ, Leaf, is the silk tree. The bullet calls it an artificial kentia with silk leaves, arranged at 120 cm by 90 cm by 90 cm. Branches are wired. The plastic pot is weighted, about 18 cm by 14 cm. Weight is 1 kg. Price is £50.07. The only review, 5.0 from one rating on 9 August 2024, says visitors were surprised it was artificial and that the buyer was happy with the price and the quality. It states no fault. One rating is not a durability study. Take this row if you want that stated silhouette. Skip it if you want a living plant, or if £50 is more than you meant when the living 80 cm plant is £29.99. A silk tree does not grow into that 3 m range, and it is not a living Howea. If your search mixed areca and kentia, settle the species on the kentia palm or areca palm page before you use either artificial as a stand-in.

Prices seen outside the set

On 16 October 2026 an amazon.co.uk search for a large kentia palm showed the £29.99 plant beside other living listings at £39.00, £54.99 for about 80–90 cm, £58.98 for a Plant Theory plant at 80 cm in a 17 cm pot, and £109.99 for 130 cm. Those figures are snippets. We did not open the pages, so they are not in the table and a higher price is not better by itself. A dearer 80 cm plant can be several young kentias in one pot, which is how Palm Centre sells them. A 130 cm plant is a different job, and this comparison has no row for it. Do not stretch the £29.99 plant's about 80 cm into that size. The choice in front of you is an unreviewed living Howea, an unreviewed 70 cm plastic tree, or a 120 cm silk tree with one friendly review.

Common questions

Which listing is the living plant?
B07V8FQXNF, the exotenherz Howea forsteriana. It states a 19 cm pot, about 80 cm, indoor, partial sun, moderate watering, and £29.99. The other two titles say artificial. If the botanical name is missing, you are not looking at this row.
Is the £29.99 plant the best because it is cheapest?
No. It is 10p more than the 70 cm plastic tree and much cheaper than the silk one, and the prices sit in two jobs. It is the only living Howea in this comparison. It has no review line. Cheap, in this set, is not a verdict.
Does 5.0 from one review beat a plant with no reviews?
No. The silk tree's single review on 9 August 2024 is one person's note that it looked real and the price and quality seemed fine. The living plant has no Customer Reviews line at all. Neither file is large enough to rank one above the other as a product test.
Who should buy the 70 cm plastic tree?
Someone who wants a short artificial plant the title calls a kentia, at £29.89, and who does not need a weight, a pot diameter, or a review. Skip it if the room needs a 120 cm spread or a living plant. The spec sheet is the thin one in this set.
Who should buy the 120 cm silk tree?
Someone who wants the stated size, 120 cm by 90 cm by 90 cm as arranged, with wired branches and a weighted pot about 18 cm by 14 cm, and who accepts one review. At £50.07 it costs more than the living 80 cm plant. It does not grow, and it is not a substitute for Howea if you wanted the species.
Why is there no top-pick badge?
Because one living plant and two artificials cannot share a winner, and the review evidence is none or one. The scores 58, 48, and 34 are editorial notes for sorting the files. They are not a laboratory ranking, and they are not a badge.

Related pages

Artificial tree

Kentia palm

Kentia palm buying guide for species, height and pot

How to care for a kentia palm indoors through winter

Artificial kentia palm: when a fake is the right buy

Kentia palm or areca palm for light, pets and sago

Sources

Public UK sources from the research digest, last checked on 16 October 2026. Shelf prices and the single review line are the amazon.co.uk figures in the display file, captured on 15 October 2026. Hardiness and care lines are quoted from the RHS and BBC Gardeners' World, which disagree on the winter minimum.

  1. RHS: Howea forsteriana (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  2. RHS: Indoor palms (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  3. RHS: Hardiness ratings (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  4. BBC Gardeners' World: kentia palm (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  5. ASPCA: Kentia palm (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  6. RHS: Cycas revoluta (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  7. Animal PoisonLine: plants and poisons (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  8. GOV.UK: plant passports in Great Britain (retrieved 16 October 2026)