If it is a Philodendron, that is what I would do. Trim off any dead or yellow leaves. Then trim bare stems off, back to the previous good leaf. Remove all but 3 or 4 of the leaves at the end of the bare section you trimmed off, and then you can root that piece in water. You can also stick the trimmed trimmed piece back in the pot. I have better luck with rooting philodendrons in water, though. I hope that is clear. Good luck, Elsie

Thanks for the compliment on my jades hookilau and yes I did grow them myself mostly from very small plants or cuttings. The large stump in the center of my bay window is just now starting to grow leaves again. I too whached it back about three weeks ago. It's 18 inches from the soil line to the top. I was very nervous when I rooted it but thanks to reading a lot on this site it rooted just fine. I have another large stump that is bigger and taller than that. It's 25 inches from the soil line up. I have to admit that I cheated on that one. I was visiting in California and a friend who I was visiting had a hedge in his back yard that was close to 5 feet high and went along about 20 feet. I dug it out of the ground with a nice root ball and drove home with it. I cut it back to no leaves before I drove home. It's forming a nice canopy now and I have it in another room but soon I'm going to make room in the bay window so I can have it there. I love my jades. I have other large plants in my collection, a tall pony tail, a Madagascar palm, a couple tall Euphorbias, and a huge Christmas cactus that is over 3 feet wide. It's very old. I'm 66 and it was in my grandmother's house in Vermont long before I was born. I love my plants but have always favored my jades. I wish that I had a large greenhouse so that could have more. This is a pic of the CC cactus. The pot is 14" wide.

So many beautiful plants everyone! I'm really enjoying this thread & hope you are too. Socks, your variegated Scheflera is so pretty! Whenever I see them, I think of Puerto Rico, the hotel had hundreds of them throughout the paths. Crenda, I love your white edged bromeliad, I don't recall seeing that type before. All wonderful plants and I love your pool & bar set up! SLD, Holy mackerel, AV 'Happy Herald' is freakin' amazing! LOVE IT!!! I have hoya bella too, yours looks so much better, I need to repot mine soon. This is a yellow variegated Iris, (maybe 'Aureo Variegata') I planted it last summer and am happy that it made it through winter. This is my first time seeing it bloom. :) A variegated sedum (aka stonecrop). Also planted this last year. I noticed today that this a non-variegated section, perhaps someday I'll move that part. The top left little thing is variegated Bishops weed, (not a weed to me) it's been fried in the past years droughts and I am happy it is a survivor. The bottom plant, the variegated Ajuga, I bought recently at Walmart for under $2, and am pleasantly surprised at the pretty bloom. -Nancy

Since it's been circulated commercially probably this one - going by your pictures apparently it is not always stable. sparkler sedge - Bing images