Ponytail palm (Beaucarnea recurvata)

Pronunciation:	bow-CAR-knee-uh
Alternative botanical names:	Nolina recurvata, Nolina tuberculata
Alternative common names:	Mexican bottle palm
Family:	Agavaceae
Native to:	Mexico
USDA zones:	9-10
Sunset zones:	13, 16-24
Hardy to:	unknown
Exposure:	sun
Water:	infrequent, deep watering
Height x width:	very slow growing as container plant
Flowers in:	very old trees form small white flowers
Colors:	white
Fragrance:	none
Additional comments:	The is the oldest plant that we own. We have grown it in this container for 25 years. We we first acquired our bottle palm we used it as a house plant. For the last 20 years it has been a container plant on our patio. The white flowering plant at the base of the bottle palm is a Christmas cactus.