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Q.Sago Palms

Anonymous added on March 13, 2014 | Answered

I have a sago palm that is so tall that it is starting to touch the eave of my house. Can it be cut back without killing it?

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Nikki
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Answered on March 13, 2014

You can cut back the fronds and it will not kill it but it will make the tree a bit deformed. They cannot grow back fronds that have been cut away. You cannot top the tree, where the top is cut off. This will kill the tree.

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