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Please help with Devil's Backbone

scully931
17 years ago

Hi,

Last year I bought a great Devil's Backbone plant while on vacation. Living in Pittsburgh, I keep it as a houseplant, only putting it outside in the summer. It's been doing very well. However, I just moved into a new house and didn't realize how cold the sunroom would get in the winter. My poor plant dropped nearly all its leaves! (At least I think it's the cold as that is the only thing I can think of) Of course, I brought it right into the main part of the house and now there seem to be new tiny leaves forming on the end of the stems.

My question is, should I cut it back or something? I mean, I can only see new leaves on the ends. Does this plant re-grow leaves out of the rest of the stem? This is my favorite plant for sentimental reasons (plus it's just cool) and I would be so sad to lose it. Thank you so much for any advice. I have attached a picture. (Any remaining leaves are just ones that haven't fallen off yet.)

~Deborah

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