The Ponytail Palm is drought tolerant, slow-growing, and requires very little care. This plant is ideal for people with very little time or who travel regularly. 

Using a slow-release plant food designed specifically for palms is the best way to meet their high nutritional demands. Palm trees are known to have magnesium and potassium deficiencies. Look for a palm plant food that contains nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and other nutrients such as magnesium, iron, and sulfur.

Use this soil mix for succulents, palms, cactus, citrus, plumeria, and some tropical plants. A good Succulent, Palm and Citrus soil mix is a coarse, well-drained soil that is about one-third sand. It should absorb water quickly and provide excellent drainage. This soil mix should contain ingredients such as recycled forest products, pumice, sand, bark fines, dehydrated poultry manure, and hydrolyzed feather meal.

This beautiful, popular palm gives any indoor space an instant desert oasis feel.

Ponytail Palm

These are tough to keep going but look great in any home or office. If you have the right lighting, try one of these! 

I used to take care of one of these in my grandmas house and she would tell me she loved them because the bottom looks like an elephant foot, she kept it outside since it was quite big for a pot, leaves burnt easily in the summer tho.

I live in the Midwest and put mine outside from May to September and keep it inside for the winter. during the winter my cats tend to play and eat the leaves and it always bounces back. low water requirements. Needs a bright sunny window

Avery Brown

I’ve had a ponytail palm pretty much since I started collecting about a year ago. one of my easiest and most hearty plants. it just likes to be left alone for the most part

Christopher Postula

Ignore him, he’ll love you. Pay too much attention and he might hate you for it. 

Ponytail Palm

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