Palms

I live in Houston, Texas and own a lot of palms and banana trees. I just recently bought a ponytail palm to go outside. I am not very familiar with this palm, although I found out it is in the lily family. I have tried looking online to find out about the survival rate of planting it in the ground instead of a pot indoors. I can’t find anything on this matter. Also, when I bought this palm it had 5 small babies in the same pot. They all had sufficient roots, so I separated them and planted them in the ground too. I would like to know if this is okay. So, my questions are:

1. Can the ponytail palm live outside year round and cover it when it does get cold?
2. Will the babies that I pulled off survive?
3. How fast does this ponytail palm grow?

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#1 Comment By Becca062 On 09/06/2011 @ 7:21 pm

the ponytail palm is a slow grower, this will explain how to propagate the babies, which are called pups:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/palms-trees/propagate-palm-pups.htm ^[1]

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