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:
