Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Manihot grahamii (Hardy Tapioca), 1 by jlj072174

jlj072174 wrote:
I bought two of these last year, and they grew very well for me near my fish pond. The tall woody "trunks" remain still, though the leaves fell after frost last season. Plant Delights (where I bought it) says it's hardy for our area, but I haven't seen any new signs of growth on either yet, though my other trees are all sprouting new leaves, as is everything else in the yard with this warm weather rolling in. Their site also said it dies back to the ground, but mine did not. It's still about 8' tall, just no leaves (like most trees).

Anyone else have one who can offer some insight as to if it regrows from existing stems, or should I cut the "trunk" down, and let it regrow from there? I'm concerned that this crazy winter we had might have been too much for his "hardy".