Severe Pruning Bird of Paradise

Please advise me on how to trim back (rather severely) the Bird of Paradise.

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#1 Comment By Nikki On 04/27/2011 @ 7:38 am

Cut back the plant by no more than 1/3 per year. Cutting back anymore than that will kill it. Another option would be to divide the plant.

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