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Artificial olive tree buying guide

Updated: October 2026

You are looking at a faux floor olive on amazon.co.uk, the title says 6 ft, and the photograph shows a wide planter in a bright room. Before the basket, the useful facts are the centimetre height, whether a pot is actually included, what the tree weighs, and whether outdoor is a sentence or a test. This artificial olive tree buying guide uses the twelve listings in our [olive tree comparison](/hub/trees-and-palms/olive-tree), captured on 15 October 2026. The Products Compared editorial team read those amazon.co.uk files and the review notes attached to them. We did not grow a tree and we did not run a fade test. If you already know the height you need, the short list is the [best artificial olive tree](/hub/trees-and-palms/olive-tree/sub/olive-tree-best) page.

You are looking at a faux floor olive on amazon.co.uk, the title says 6 ft, and the photograph shows a wide planter in a bright room.

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Alupssuc Alupssuc 6 ft silk

Best overall

Alupssuc Alupssuc 6 ft silk
8.6/10about £43.22
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YOLEO YOLEO Style 2

Preis-Tipp

YOLEO YOLEO Style 2
7.7/10about £31.96
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YOLEO YOLEO Style 5

Alternative

YOLEO YOLEO Style 5
6.3/10about £48.44
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On this page
  1. 1.What you are actually buying
  2. 2.Height and the ceiling
  3. 3.Pot, weight, and leaves
  4. 4.Claims that are not certificates

What you are actually buying

Every row in this comparison is an artificial olive, with fabric or plastic leaves and a frame you bend after delivery. None of them is a nursery Olea europaea. Item weights run from 2 kg to 6.25 kg, which is a decor tree, not a rootball. If you wanted winter hardiness, watering, and a chance of fruit in a hot southern garden, that decision sits on the real or artificial page, not in these star ratings. What you can compare here is the seller's description: stated height, materials, included pot, and the indoor or outdoor line. Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, goods should match that description, so a 180 cm claim is part of what you are paying for. A flame-retardant or TÜV bullet on some Alupssuc listings prints no certificate number. Treat it as a claim, not as a pass.

Height and the ceiling

Measure the gap from the floor to the ceiling, then leave something above the top leaf. Leaf, a UK artificial-plant retailer, uses a rule of thumb of about 30–40 cm of clearance, and measures its own trees from the bottom of the pot. That is their fitting advice, not a building rule, and their olives are not these ASINs. A taller ceramic planter you buy later adds height the Amazon title does not include. In this dump the heights fall into three bands. About 120 cm, sold as 4 ft: YOLEO Style 2, CETRD, HAUSPROFI, and the Alupssuc natural trunk. About 150 cm, sold as 5 ft: Alupssuc, HAUSPROFI, Aptliton, and FEELEAD. About 180 cm, sold as 6 ft: the Alupssuc silk tree, the Alupssuc natural trunk, and YOLEO Style 5. FEELEAD's tall listing prints 182.9 cm on the dimension line and 180 cm, or 6 ft, in the title. Six feet is about 183 cm, so a title that says both 6 ft and 180 cm is already mixing two figures. Read the centimetres on the listing you open. Those bands are the whole dump. There is no thirteenth product from outside it.
Alupssuc Alupssuc 6 ft silk

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Alupssuc Alupssuc 6 ft silk
8.6/10about £43.22
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Pot, weight, and leaves

The photograph often shows a wide planter. The included component is frequently a smaller pot, or only a base. Reviewers of the Alupssuc silk 180 cm tree call the supplied pot plain and add a basket. YOLEO's 120 cm file includes a pot so small that the tree topples. CETRD buyers report that the pot in the box is not the pot in the picture. FEELEAD's 6 ft file does not clearly name a pot at all. If the planter is the look you want, budget for one, and expect the stated height to change if that planter is deeper. YOLEO Style 5 lists 6.25 kg at 180 cm, the heaviest line here. Two listings print 2.0 kg, including the HAUSPROFI 150 cm tree and the dearest Alupssuc natural trunk at 180 cm and £56.99. A cement base is claimed on most of the set, and reviews still describe trees that fall until you add weight. Leaf counts are printed on only some files. CETRD states 390 leaves and 20 fruits. The Alupssuc natural trunk at 180 cm states 1,224 leaves and 68 fruits. FEELEAD's tall tree claims more than 1,200 leaves and does not give a fruit count. Where the field is empty, do not invent a fuller tree from the photograph.

Claims that are not certificates

An outdoor sentence is not a UV result. YOLEO's recommended-use line says indoor. Several other bullets say indoor and outdoor, and none of the twelve files names a UV standard or a weathering test. Aptliton reviews say leaves turned a bright blue-green in sun. The shared Alupssuc text includes the same kind of colour shift, though that text is not clearly about every height. Silk and polyester in the material fields are not outdoor leaves by themselves. The longer version of that limit is the indoor or outdoor page. A wood-trunk line needs the same split. On FEELEAD's 5 ft file a reviewer says the trunk is plastic with a mould line, while the 6 ft FEELEAD claims natural wood. Those are two listings. Stars come last. Three natural-trunk Alupssuc listings share one 4.6 from 847 reviews. The two HAUSPROFI listings share one 4.3 from 48. The silk Alupssuc at 180 cm is a separate 4.6 from 1,002, and the YOLEO 120 cm Style 2 is a separate 4.6 from 897. CETRD's 3.8 from 317 is the weak score, on its own ASIN. Price in this dump runs from £29.74 to £56.99. None of this is a lab ranking, and a later offer on amazon.co.uk can move the shelf price.

Common questions

How tall should an artificial olive tree be for a standard UK ceiling?
Leave about 30–40 cm under the ceiling. That is Leaf's rule of thumb, measured from the bottom of the pot, and a deeper planter uses part of the gap. A 120 cm tree fits a low ceiling more easily than a stated 180 cm tree. 6 ft and 180 cm are both printed, and they are not the same number.
Is 6 ft the same as 180 cm on these listings?
No. Six feet is about 183 cm. FEELEAD's tall file prints 182.9 cm and also says 180 cm in the title. Other 6 ft titles in this comparison are stored as 180 cm. Use the centimetres on the product you are opening, and allow for a replacement pot that adds height the title ignores.
Does the pot in the photo come in the box?
Sometimes a pot is listed, and it is often smaller or plainer than the photograph. YOLEO, Alupssuc and CETRD reviews say buyers replace it. HAUSPROFI and Aptliton do not clearly name a pot. FEELEAD's 6 ft file does not clearly name one either. Read the included-components line before you assume the planter is yours.
What does a cement base actually weigh in this set?
The files claim a cement base on most trees and then print an item weight, not a separate base weight. Those item weights run from 2.0 kg to 6.25 kg. Reviewers still say light trees tip. A cement word on the listing is not a kilogram you can quote for the base alone.
Why do three Alupssuc listings share 847 reviews?
The 120 cm, 150 cm and 180 cm natural-trunk Alupssuc ASINs print the same 4.6, the same 847, the same sales rank and matching review titles. The silk 180 cm Alupssuc is a different file, with 1,002 reviews. Count the natural-trunk stars once when you compare heights.
What should I ignore in a flame retardant or TÜV bullet?
Ignore it as proof. Some Alupssuc bullets claim a treatment, and none of these files prints a certificate number. A café or a licensed room needs its own fire-risk decision. At home, the practical limit in this set is still a stable pot and foliage kept off heaters and naked flames.

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Sources

Public UK sources listed below, last checked on 16 October 2026. Shelf prices and star lines are the amazon.co.uk figures captured on 15 October 2026. Height, weight and leaf counts are listing claims, not a trial run for this page.

  1. RHS: olives (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  2. RHS: Olea europaea (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  3. RHS: hardiness ratings (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  4. RHS: grow your own olives (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  5. GOV.UK: fire safety risk assessment for small and medium places of assembly (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  6. Kent Fire and Rescue Service: artificial or dried foliage (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  7. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 11 (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  8. Leaf: artificial olive tree guide (retrieved 16 October 2026)