Beginner Gardening: Growing House Plants in Basment, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Until I get tired of them due to their immense size like the Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) and giant Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) I let freeze a few winters ago.

So far I keep topping the two large columnar cacti I have and starting the tops (7 foot tall cactus is a bit hard to move about) and have had these for years. I topped my ponytail palm this year too after about 15 years - it was close to nine feet tall.