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Comments (15)Polly, you're right. While working at HD, one 5-6' long-very curly leaf PT was shipped to our store..It was the second prettiest PT I'd seen. 40.00. If I had more room, it would have moved in w/us. :) Country..PT's are full-sun lovers, but I doubt your PT is without light. When foliage grows 'x' long, leaves start to bend..bend isn't the correct word..When you first described your PT, I thought the leaves were lying down, or creased in the center. Your PT looks great to me. Larry...Pregnant Onions foliage is thicker than PT's. Country has a B. Pony Tail. Toni...See MoreQueen Palm and Ponytail Palm in Austin?
Comments (11)What part of the RR/Austin area are you moving to? The winter lows are moderated nearest the downtown area and nearby neighborhoods due to a small urban heating effect on calm, cold nights. I can't say I've seen any ponytail palms in the ground in the Austin area. Without winter protection, I doubt they would last too long in the ground; but one could always try. There are a few good sized Queen palms planted near Taco Cabanas at two locations: south of the lakes downtown & some on highway 79 neat Redbud lane. A cold winter could certainly kill them without protection, but if they are near a building facing south and have some added heat, they can do alright at least for a few years. I have one in front of my home for 3.5 years. I planted it as a 7 gallon palm from HD that was perhaps 6 feet to the tallest frond. I've put C9 Christmas lights (w/o a sheet or tarp to trap the heat) on it to protect the trunk and bud from the winter. The coldest it has seen was 17 degrees for a low temp. Some tips were a little brown on the fronds, but it didn't lose those fronds. It is now about 22 feet tall to the topmost frond and the trunk is about 1.5-2 feet in diameter at the base. Drip irrigation and fertilizer help a lot. I have some smaller ones in my backyard on the north side that were planted as 3 gals 2 years ago, they have handled the cold without any protection and are growing at a good rate. Others in my neighborhood have planted Queens in the past few years and they are doing well. They don't cost very much at these small sizes, and seem to grow pretty well, so you might try them as an experiment. These queen palms might be a slightly different variety compared to those from Florida as the Texas varieties seem more robust, but perhaps that is just due to the soil and nutrients available. If you can find them, there are hybrids between the Butia and Queen (and some other combos as well) that should handle the worst of the cold weather better than a Queen and grow faster than a Butia. As other posters mentioned, if you want trunk forming palms, the California and Mexican Fan palms do well, with the California being much hardier to the cold and ice here. The Butia (Jelly) plams do fairly well except in heavy limestone and are cold tolerant. Sabal palms are also very tough. Windmill palms seem to grow well and are pretty cold hardy. Date palms seem to grow well, but a record cold outbreak cold kill almost any palm, with a trunk, as the all time low is below zero. Good luck....See MoreWhy do my Ponytail palm leaves have a kink or break"?
Comments (6)The link you posted doesn't work for me, it just brings me to the Home Designs forum. Could you repost it or give me the name of the thread? Of course, if it's the one I started some weeks ago, never mind... Anyhow, last winter I was told that the ponytail palm I'm taking care of didn't need any light and needed very infrequent watering until growing season, but around early April the caudexes were soft and the leaves kinked terribly. A few good soaking restored the caudexes, but about half the kinked leaves broke off at the kinks, some are still kinked but not actually broken, and maybe a third are undamaged. I'm giving it more light, but although the leaves are getting stronger I have to settle for artificial light until the partly-kinked leaves are strong enough to withstand being moved back and forth between the windows (which only get 3-4 hours of sun) and the light fixtures. So do pay attention to the light requirements--this plant really needs it!...See MoreIs this a Ponytail Palm & Question About Bent Leaves On It
Comments (2)I think main reason they bend is not enough light . have some do that through the winter months when they try to grow a little They seem harder when in direct Sun most of day and I don't notice it...See MoreKate
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