Beginner Gardening: Growing a Bushy Dieffenbachia, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Chopping it back will encourage new shoots and like Purple said you can root the top. Often when it becomes ugly, gangly, or hits the ceiling is when you need to prune it back hard. A bigger pot looks in order very soon to allow all the smaller plants to grow. Whether grouped or grown alone is all subjective to the owner/viewer.

Here is the biggest one I think I've ever seen when we visited our daughter in Okinawa a couple of years ago. This is located at Okinawa's Botanical Gardens. My 8 year old granddaughter in front of it showing its massive trunk and very tall height.