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Author Garden: Cutting back Philodendron selloum Doug MacCoy Gardener Member # 11987 posted                       I live in south Florida and have a corner with palms, sand cordgrass, and huge Philodendron selloum's. They are slow growing, but are getting huge, really taking over the space (4 ft high with a few getting close to 5 ft). Is there a way to prune them back to a lower level or will I have to start over. I hate to loose them as they are healthy as can be. The whole group has survived two hurricanes so far. I don't want to hurt them but the corner is beginning to disappear - a little too jungle like. Please point me in the right direction, I'd like to do the work myself. Plants: 3 | From: Parkland, FL | Registered: Mar 2007  |  Seeded: 64.12.116.73 margaret e. pell Super Gardener Member # 4427 posted                       I don't really know, but I would guess they would react well enough to pruning. You could always try on one and see what happens. Probably if you cut the top part off you could reroot it and plant it farther back. The bottom part might produce one or more new stems. You could wind up with a forest! Cool! * * * * may God bless the WHOLE world! Plants: 601 | From: Rhinebeck, NY USA | Registered: Jan 2005  |  Seeded: 68.199.184.133 sandy113 Dream Gardener Member # 11583 posted                       yes u can prune it * * * * sandy Sandy's Photobucket Plants: 174 | From: dayton,oh | Registered: Jan 2007  |  Seeded: 24.29.173.208 sandy113 Dream Gardener Member # 11583 posted                       do u have any pictures than that way we can tell u where to prune it * * * * sandy Sandy's Photobucket Plants: 174 | From: dayton,oh | Registered: Jan 2007  |  Seeded: 24.29.173.208 Doug MacCoy Gardener Member # 11987 posted                       Ok. Good idea on the pic's. Here is my first attempt after reading the How To Photobucket image one photobucket image 2 You can see it's a bit of a jungle already Plants: 3 | From: Parkland, FL | Registered: Mar 2007  |  Seeded: 205.188.117.73

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