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Areca Palm — Delivered & Installed Price
SW Florida’s favorite living privacy wall — every size from 3-gallon starters to field-grown 8-footers, priced planted in your yard.
Starter 3 gal from $46 planted; field-grown sizes quoted per tree
Dypsis lutescens
Arecas do two jobs better than any other palm we sell: instant tropical fullness, and privacy. A row of arecas at 4 feet on center grows into a dense 20-foot green wall that no fence can match — no flowers to clean up, no invasive roots, and a soft look that makes a lot line disappear.
The full size run is priced below, pickup and installed. For screening projects, the real question is size versus patience: 3-gallons are cheap but take three seasons to close; field-grown 8-footers are private the day we leave. Most customers land in the middle with 7- or 15-gallons.
Areca Palm Installed Prices by Size
Every price below is the full delivered-and-installed number — plant, delivery, planting labor, staking, watering-in, and cleanup. Delivered prices are the plant delivered to your driveway, delivery fee by zone, you plant.
| Size | Delivered | Delivered & Installed |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Gallon | $26 | $46 |
| 7 Gallon | $47 | $87 |
| 15 Gallon | $85 | $160 |
| 25 Gallon | $180 | $330 |
| Field Grown 8' | Call for Quote | Call for Quote |
Delivery & install orders carry a $500 plant minimum (smaller orders are priced to clear it or bundled into a larger planting), and install labor has a $500 job minimum. Volume discounts start at 50 of a plant (10% off) and 100+ (15% off); landscape contractors get trade pricing.
All prices on this site are estimates and may not be exact. Nursery stock and pricing move with season, plant size, availability and delivery area, and small orders carry a minimum. Submit a quote request and we confirm availability and your exact price in writing, usually the same day.
What the Installed Price Includes
Delivery to your property
Our truck, our crew — anywhere in the 16-city service area below.
Professional planting
Properly sized hole, backfill, and placement set plumb — not leaning by August.
Staking where needed
Field-grown and top-heavy palms get braced until the roots take.
Initial watering-in
Watered in on install day, with a simple first-90-days watering plan.
Cleanup & haul-off
Pots, debris, and spoil leave with us.
30-day warranty on planted material
Florida Grade #1 stock, warranted for 30 days after planting when the irrigation is working.
Which Size Should You Buy?
For hedges: 3-gallon at 3 feet on center is the budget row, 7-gallon at 4 feet on center is the value standard, 15/25-gallon closes the gap in a season, and field-grown 8-foot arecas are instant. For a full per-linear-foot cost breakdown, see the areca privacy hedge page.
Areca Palm Pricing & Planting FAQ
How far apart do you plant areca palms for privacy?+
Four feet on center is standard for 7-gallon and larger; tighter (3 feet) closes faster with smaller stock. A 60-foot lot line at 4-foot spacing needs about 15 plants.
How fast do arecas grow into a screen?+
Two to three feet a year with water and fertilizer. A 7-gallon row typically reads as real privacy in 18-24 months; 15-gallon rows in about a year; field-grown rows immediately.
Do areca palms have invasive roots?+
No — arecas are clumping palms with fibrous, non-invasive roots. They are safe along pool cages, fences, and property lines where a ficus hedge would be a liability.
How much maintenance does an areca hedge need?+
Trim out dead canes and seed pods once or twice a year and feed on a palm fertilizer schedule. Yellowing usually means hunger (magnesium/potassium), not disease, in our sandy soil.
Where We Deliver & Install Areca Palms
We install throughout the one-hour radius around our Cape Coral nursery — all 16 cities below.
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