philodendron giganteum -growing outdoors in Fla. Zone 10A

[Plant-a-holic]

I have two philodendron giganteum plants that are currently in pots , growing outdoors in Florida, zone 10A..  Bumped them up from 1 gallon pots over the last couple years into 3 gallon pots and they are doing great! They are starting to “ climb” out of the pot , as expected…

The more I research online about them, the more I get conflicting information? Some say they are self headers and other say they are climbers? Some info says they can be trained to be bushier and other information says , they need a support to climb up??!!

My questions  are:

* are they climbers  or not

*should I make a moss pole or something for them to climb up and leave them in a pot (outside )

*OR can I keep them contained without that and just trim them and keep them bushier without looking straggly?

*Also , how would they look IF I put them in the ground here in Florida at zone 10 A? 

ANY and all help is greatly appreciated!

thanks !

[metalfan]

It is classified as a climbing Philo, but, its internodal spaces are close together so it has move of a bushy appearance and seems to climb slowly

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

We had planted many at the bases of trees in the Deerfield Beach Arboretum.  They literally spend years just as a large mass at the base until finally start climbing.  If you think of Pothos climbing, P giganteum is 10X slower to climb..

 

[Plant-a-holic]

Thanks all for the information! 

I assume they CAN be kept as a bushier plant then, if trimmed perhaps, too, instead of them climbing… if yours have stayed as a mass for years?
How large did the  leaves on those masses finally get ?
 And did the plants /mass really spread out — how large across would you say?

thanks again!