I would go with the Pindo palm since it looks good and have no spines which are really irritating on the Pygme Date Palm.
I agree it grows slow in a pot but in my experience it is not a fast grower in the ground either and I live in Texas.
Windmill in a pot will grow fast and look really nice, second choice would be Pindo. I have grown palms in Texas for 10 years.
Today I have Pindo, Pygme Date, Foxtail and Queen Palm in pots.
Tried with all of them in the ground but once you hit 12F or below these will all die off. Queen and Foxtail cant take much anything below 30F. My Date Palms, had four of them, survived 4 winters covered and started to grow big when a particular bad winter killed them all. That is when I started with bananas and I now stick with hardy palm trees in the ground.
I just love how fast bananas grow, especially my IceCreams!
