Pruning Norfolk Pine
I have beautiful, healthy Norfolk Pine that has grown close to 7 ft tall & about 6 ft wide. Can I trim off the top without causing damage to this tree??
Unfortunately, Norfolk Pine does not take well to pruning. The tip is the growing point of your tree and once you cut that off, your tree will still grow sideways but not upright. It will be misshapen and loose its pyramidal shape. Sometimes a tree can send out another tip from a different growing point. Cut only the lower dead branches.
More info on Norfolk pine care.
Air layering Norfolk pine top
My Norfolk Pine got shock. It has been losing lower branches, but showing strong life at the top. Whereas base is not as healthy as top. Can a plant of this nature be lopped off like other plants and grow new roots ? I would hate to think that it will eventually croak….
Propagating Norfolk pine
I have a Norfolk pine that my in laws brought with them when they come to live with us for a while. They have had it for many years and just moved far away and had to leave it with us. It had a lot of sentimental value to my father in law as it was a special gift from his wife.
Anyway, just wondering if there was a way to clip and regrow a new one from the existing tree so we can take it to them and have room for it in the car vs lugging around this big tree. I want them to have a piece of it since we cannot get the big one to them. Any suggestions?
I have a Norfolk pine that’s about 25′ tall and will reach it’s limit in about 4″. From the many comments about the bad idea of topping the tree it sounds like i’l have to do as I’ve been teasing my friends and lower the floor.
Thanks for providing this information online.
I inherited a Norfolk Pine and when they gave it to me they said that it got a freeze and now the tips are brown and it is drooping. Any answers what I should do?
Crowded plants
Hello, I have had a Norfolk Island Pine for about two years… It is about 4-ft tall and made up of 4 main plants/roots (or trunks that come up out of the soil). My problem is that, (unlike everyone else here), I want it to grow bigger! I feel like the fact that there are 4 plants in one, means it is taking extremely slow to get taller.
What can I do to promote growth more quickly. I was thinking to either cut down one or two of the trunks…. OR prune the top off of one or two of the smaller plants. Would doing this give more growth to the other plants?
Ok, thank you for the tip. I was thinking just to prune the the top and a few limbs of a couple of the smaller plants, as opposed to trying to separate them, since they appear to be intertwined and tangled at the roots. Do you think that would be ok, or would I be better off just cutting an entire single plant off at the soil. I just don’t want to risk losing the bigger plants.
Air layering
I too have a nofolk island pine that is getting too tall. My plan is to cut out the lower portion with no branches and graft it back to itself. I havent done it yet and need to research grafting but I hate to throw away a 20 yr old plant. This should also solve my lower branch loss issue.
Broken stem
one of the main lateral branches of my beautiful 6′ tall Norfolk pine was broken off, in a jagged way – I tried pushing it back together and splinting it to see if it would mend… Is this crazy? It is a couple of days ago and the branch looks a bit limp but… would appreciate your ideas – it’s a shame that it may lose its symmetry…
Pruning the branches
My Norfolk Pine is healthy and still has room to grow upward. The problem is, that the tips of the branches continue to grow and are beginning to get in the way. I’ve considered nipping the branches off a ways, as gracefully as possible. I understand that there will be no further growth from these areas, but will it harm the tree in any other way? I don’t want to give it up, just make it a bit more manageable!
Broken tip
i have a new baby NIP and the top stem tip broke off accidentally…will it continue to grow?
Too big to keep
I have inherited a NIP that had outgrown the space it grew up in and now is given to me. It is 15 -16 ft and pushes the boundaries of our entry way. I cannot let it get any taller as it will abut a chandelier. I see from the posts that it does not tolerate pruning well but what option would I have? It will receive limited direct light but likely adequate indirect light in its new environment.
Pruning Norfolk Pine
We have a Norfolk Pine that will be too tall to fit in our greenhouse after the next growing season (~15′ tall and 15 years old). We are in zone 7b and don’t believe that it will survive a winter outdoors and would hate to throw it out, so I was wondering if it is possible to cut the top out of the tree to intentionally stop its growth? Would the tree die or continue to live, but not grow?
PRUNING NORFOLK PINE
I live in Old Town, Florida. I have several Norfolk pines in my yard. We just had a cold front and 6 inches of the tip were burned. Is it OK to cut the burned tips off without damaging the tree?
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My Norfork Pine was doing So good, now Whole Branchs are falling off. They are not brown, just fall off the tree. Please help me, thank you, Jean
Can a Norfolk Pine be put out side in the shade during the summer?
I have a 9ft.Norfolk pine. It is growing to tall
where it is. If I transplant it to a pot I would
like to know the size of the pot and how large
the root system is and is it advisable. The
pine is approx 4 yeas old.
Thank You
I have a Norfolk Pine in my living room…..it about touches my ceiling. There are three “trees”….the second and third trees are smaller in height. Could I cut the tall tree down?…or separate the tall tree from the second and third tree and give it away???
Thanks!
Joan
joan.ashton@augie.edu
Joan P. Ashton
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