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
| Blooming Seasons | |
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| Flower colors | - Pink flower
- White flower
- Yellow flower
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| Climate | - Desert Climate
- Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
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| Ornamental parts | - Ornamental flower
- Ornamental leaves
- Ornamental plant
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| Plant growing speed | |
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| Plant life-form | - Evergreen
- Perennial plant
- Succulent
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| Plant Uses | - Drought tolerant plants
- Indoor plants
- Ornamental plants
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| Planting Season | - Autumn Planting
- Spring Planting
- Summer planting
- Winter planting
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| Plants sun exposure | - Full sun Plants
- Part shade Plants
- Shade Plants
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| Watering plants | |
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| Hardiness zone | - Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 11
- Hardiness zone 12
- Hardiness zone 9
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