Beginner Gardening: MY SCHEFFLERA, 0 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
hmmmm ... I know I posted here last night and thought I included a photo too. Must be gremlins in my computer again.

Anyway, I have been growing Scheff's for a long time. I cut them back and like planolinda and swampguy says you can just stick the branches in soil and they should root. Just don't overwater or they will rot. I use a rooting hormone powder and that seems to speed up the rooting.

I have two huge Scheff's that were originally houseplants and years ago I planted them in the yard. BIG MISTAKE! Those things are Monsters. One Is planted next to our screened pool enclosure and the root system is cracking the cement deck! We are going to end up cutting it down next spring and trying to get the roots out so it doesn't grow back. It's going to really be a job because the roots are not easy! I will probably use some of what we cut down to root for house plants. Here's a photo of one of them in my backyard. I pulled all the bottom branches off so that the stuff growing in the flower bed below could get light! You can see that this guy is taller than the house! Down here in the South, some plants just take off and never stop growing. If we have frost or a hard freeze this thing gets knocked back to the ground but always comes back in spring. It is rare for us to have freezing temps lasting more than a night or two at a time in winter.