Green Real Touch Ostrich Fern Stem - 36 Inch - Presale Ships 6/20

The Story

The Green Real Touch Ostrich Fern Stem brings soft structure, airy texture, and a natural botanical shape to floral arrangements. Its feathery fern fronds create movement without adding heavy visual weight, making it especially useful when a vase needs fullness that still feels light.

This stem works beautifully as a quiet supporting piece in mixed floral designs, but it can also stand on its own in a simple greenery arrangement. The layered fern shape helps soften stronger flowers, open up tighter arrangements, and give the finished design a more organic silhouette.

Because of its sculptural leaf pattern and fresh green coloring, this fern transitions easily throughout the year. It feels natural in spring and summer arrangements, grounding in fall designs, and beautifully useful for holiday styling when paired with whites, creams, deeper greens, or winter botanicals.

Design Function

Designed to function as a greenery stem, movement stem, filler stem, and texture stem, adding soft volume, botanical structure, and organic movement to floral arrangements.

Details at a Glance

Flower: Ostrich Fern Stem
Color: Green
Season: Year Round, Holiday
Height: 36 Inches
Material: Real Touch Greenery
Quality Tier: Real Touch Collection
Sold As: Individual Stem
Stem Type: Wired, Flexible, Shapeable Stem
Best Vase Size: Wide Mouth Vase, Standard Opening Vase, Narrow Neck Vase, Everyday Vase
Design Role: Greenery Stem, Movement Stem, Filler Stem, Texture Stem
Care: Dust occasionally with a soft microfiber cloth and avoid prolonged direct sunlight.

The Real Touch Standard

Our Real Touch Collection is selected for stems with a more lifelike feel, natural visual texture, and flexible styling potential. This ostrich fern features soft real touch greenery, finely detailed fern fronds, and a wired shapeable stem that allows the foliage to be adjusted for a fuller, more natural arrangement.

How to Style It

Stem Count:
Style 3–5 stems together for a simple fern arrangement, or use 1–3 stems to soften mixed floral designs and add natural greenery texture.

Vase Recommendation:
Best styled in wide-mouth vases, standard opening vessels, narrow-neck containers, and everyday ceramic or glass vases. For a fuller fern look, gently fan the fronds outward before placing them in the vase.

Arrangement Role:
Functions as greenery, filler, movement, and texture. It helps fill visual gaps between larger blooms while softening the overall shape of the arrangement.

Pairing Approach:
Pair with fuller flowers when the arrangement needs softness around the base, or use with sculptural stems when the design needs a more organic botanical layer.

Placement Idea:
Style in everyday vase arrangements, layered floral designs, holiday greenery arrangements, or simple fern-focused styling for spaces that need a fresh botanical accent.

Quick Styling Formula:
Ostrich fern + white hellebores + creamy hoary willow + green leaf branch = a soft botanical arrangement with texture, lift, and natural movement.

Where It Works Best

• Wide-mouth vase arrangements
• Standard opening vessel styling
• Everyday kitchen island florals
• Holiday greenery arrangements
• Coffee table botanical accents

Mel’s Styling Take

I like this fern best when it is shaped before it goes into the arrangement. I would gently separate the fronds and let a few pieces sit lower around the edge of the vase. That soft outer layer helps the larger blooms feel more settled and makes the finished arrangement look fuller without feeling crowded.

Pairs Well With

• Eggplant Anemone Stem 
  The fern’s soft green texture would be beautiful against the deeper eggplant bloom. This gives the arrangement contrast, depth, and a more editorial fall-to-winter feeling.
• Fuchsia Ranunculus Bud & Bloom Stem 
  A brighter, less expected pairing. The fern keeps the fuchsia from feeling too sweet and gives the arrangement a fresh botanical base.
• Black Sedum Stem
  This would be a very designer pairing. The fern brings softness and movement, while the black sedum adds moody texture and structure.
• Dark Peach Delphinium Stem 
  The height of the delphinium with the softness of the fern would create a beautiful vertical garden shape. The dark peach color also warms up the fern in a really refined way.
• Purple Ranunculus Triple Stem 
  The fern’s airy texture would loosen the rounded ranunculus blooms and make the arrangement feel more natural, layered, and collected.

Good to Know

• Presale item scheduled to ship on 06/20
• Real touch greenery gives the fern a softer, more lifelike feel
• Wired stem allows the fronds to be shaped and opened while styling
• Useful for adding fullness without making arrangements feel dense
• Best suited for indoor decorative use

Climate & Care Considerations

This stem performs beautifully in most indoor environments, including humid regions and drier climates.

Because this fern is part of our Real Touch Collection, we recommend avoiding prolonged direct sunlight, excessive heat exposure, and outdoor use to help preserve the texture, color, and overall appearance of the greenery.

For customers in humid climates, including many areas along the East Coast, Southeast, and Gulf Coast regions, this stem is suitable for indoor use and is not typically affected by seasonal humidity. As with all green real touch stems, avoiding prolonged UV exposure will help maintain the original coloration over time.

Product Insight

Green real touch ostrich fern stems are commonly used to add soft greenery, feathery texture, and organic movement to year-round floral arrangements and holiday styling.

Care & Maintenance

You chose stems that last. Here’s how to make sure they do.

Faux florals are low maintenance, but not no maintenance. A little intentional care goes a long way toward keeping your stems looking the way they did the day they arrived.

Think of this page as your go-to resource. Bookmark it, come back to it, and use it whenever your arrangements need a refresh.

Every stem is chosen with intention — so it works in your home, not just in a vase.

First Things First: Know Your Stems

Not all faux florals are cared for the same way. True Bloom Floral carries three tiers, each with slightly different needs.

True Bloom stems
Our highest tier. Premium real touch stems with detailed surface coatings. Handle gently and keep completely dry.

Real Touch stems
Soft, natural-feeling stems. Clean gently using dry methods or a lightly damp cloth for spot cleaning.

Standard faux stems (including filler)
More forgiving. Can be cleaned with a damp cloth or mild soap solution when needed.

When in doubt, less is more. Gentle care works for every tier.

Everyday Care: The Four Habits That Matter

1. Dust regularly
Dust dulls color and texture over time. A quick dust every 1–2 weeks keeps stems looking fresh.

2. Keep out of direct sunlight
Bright rooms are fine, but prolonged direct sun will fade colors over time, especially deeper tones.

3. Avoid heat and humidity
Keep stems away from fireplaces, radiators, kitchens, and bathrooms. Heat and moisture can damage materials.

4. Reshape as needed
Real touch stems are flexible. Gently reshape petals or bend wired stems to create natural movement.

Cleaning Your Stems

True Bloom & Real Touch Stems

These require the most careful approach.

What works:

• Soft brush (makeup brush, paintbrush, microfiber cloth)
• Hair dryer on cool, low setting (held at least 12 inches away)
• Gentle shake outdoors
• Lightly damp cloth (Real Touch only, for spot cleaning)

What to avoid:

• Submerging in water
• Harsh cleaners or sprays
• Heat or warm air

Standard Faux & Filler Stems

More flexible and easier to clean.

What works:

• All dry cleaning methods above
• Damp cloth or gentle wipe
• Mild soap solution with cool water
• Salt or cornstarch method (shake in a bag to remove dust)

What to avoid:

• Soaking stems
• Aggressive scrubbing

Reflexing Your Stems

Reflexing is a professional floral technique that opens petals outward to create a fuller, more natural look.

Why reflex?

Stems are packed tightly for shipping. Reflexing opens them up, adds dimension, and transforms the overall look.

Best stems for reflexing:

• Roses
• Peonies
• Tulips
• Gladiolus

How to reflex:

• Work slowly with your fingertips
• Gently bend outer petals backward
• Warm petals slightly between your hands if needed
• Never force anything

A reflexed stem instantly looks more elevated and intentional.

Highly Pigmented Stems

Deep tones like reds, burgundies, and jewel shades may transfer color if pressed against light surfaces for extended periods.

This is normal for richly pigmented materials.

To prevent issues:

• Avoid prolonged contact with light fabrics or surfaces
• Wipe surfaces promptly if transfer occurs
• Give stems space when arranging

Storing Your Stems

How you store your stems matters just as much as how you display them.

• Store upright when possible
• Wrap loosely in tissue paper
• Use a supportive storage box
• Keep in a cool, dry, dark space
• Avoid overpacking

Giving stems space helps preserve their shape and structure.

A Note on Vases

Faux florals don’t create water stains or bacteria, but vase care still matters.

• Dust interiors regularly
• Wipe glass vases to remove smudges
• Use filler (stones or foam) to stabilize arrangements
• If adding water for aesthetics, keep real touch stems above the waterline

How Long Will My Stems Last?

With proper care, True Bloom and Real Touch stems typically last five years or more.

The three biggest factors that shorten their lifespan:

• Direct sunlight
• Dust buildup
• Poor storage

Avoid those, and your arrangements will stay beautiful for years.
View full visual Care & Maintenance guide here