Yes, You Can Grow Beaucarnea recurvata (ponytail palm)

Beaucarneas form a fairy-tale forest at Lotusland, near Santa Barbara (c) Debra Lee Baldwin

In my new video, we observe and learn how to relocate a Beaucarnea recurvata (ponytail palm) that had become too large for a homeowner’s side yard. “Betty” is a gorgeous specimen: ten to 12 years old, nicely branched, and 7 feet tall; with a 3-foot-diameter, half-ton caudex. No doubt you’ll marvel—as I did—at how Laura…

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