Beginner Gardening: Out-of-control Imperial Red Philodendron, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I don't know a lot about Philodendron's but do have a few and a couple of them are the large self heading type. Are you certain your plant is Philodendron 'Imperial Red'? The photos in Plant Files do show a more compact plant: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55370/ The growth habit on your plant looks more like 'Rojo Congo': http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/103899/ but I guess the long leaves vs shorter could have something to do with different cultural conditions.

What zone do you live in, maybe you could plant your big guy in the ground? You could chop the top off and try to root it for another plant, and the base of the mother plant should eventually sprout new growth ... but then again you will still have large Philodendrons!

I have a large one that was identified here a few years ago as 'Rojo Congo' and I moved the pot out to the backyard a few weeks ago with the idea of planting it in the ground ... just haven't gotten around to it yet. I have one that was identified as Congo Green that is getting big too.

This is my Rojo Congo ...