Ponytail palm

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Ponytail palm grow and care – succulent of the genus Beaucarnea also known as Beaucarnea recurvate, Ponytail palm perennial evergreen plant used as ornamental drought tolerant houseplant, can grow in desert, subtropical, mediterranean climate and growing in hardiness zone 9-12.

Trunk brown the base of the trunk is cone become wider till the ground, in this part the plant keep water.

Leaves the color green, the leaves grow in rosettes structure, the leaf spiny pointed in the spear shape.

Ponytail palm flower

Flower color is white-yellow or pink, small flowers grow in inflorescence as cone shape.

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How to grow Ponytail palm growing and care:

Better frost free, but can survive frost, dry soil

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seed / Vegetative Reproduction

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
Yes

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Take a lot of year to bloom

Planting season:
All year, (in cold climate better in the spring)

Pests and diseases:
Weevil, snails, slugs

Pruning season:
All year

How to prune a Ponytail palm:
Dead leaves and flowers

Size of the plant?
0.5-2m (20-80 inches) the leaves, and the stalk 4-6 m (12-20 feet)

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Slow growing

Water requirement:
Small amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade / Full Shade

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No

Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Summer

General information about the flower
Yellowish-white or pink flowers, the flowers grow as umbels on stalk in cluster

Scientific name:

Beaucarnea recurvata

Categories of growing

Planting Season: Autumn Planting, Spring Planting, Summer planting, Winter planting

Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants, Part shade Plants, Shade Plants

Climates that the plant can grow: Desert Climate, Mediterranean Climate, Subtropics Climate

Growing speed of the plant: Slow growing plants

Plant life-form: Evergreen, Perennial plant, Succulent

Plant Uses: Drought tolerant plants, Indoor plants, Ornamental plants

Requirements for watering the plant: Small amounts of water

Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10, Hardiness zone 11, Hardiness zone 12, Hardiness zone 9

Ornamental parts: Ornamental flower, Ornamental leaves, Ornamental plant

Leaf color:

Blooming season: Summer flowers

Flower colors: Pink flower, White flower, Yellow flower

Harvest Season:

Edible Parts:

Culinary uses: