Does anyone know what this plant is? It was in my yard when I bought my house and has gotten really big lately. I would like to know what it is, how to trim it and if it is poisonous.
It looks like Kalanchoe pinnata, which seems to have been renamed Bryophyllum pinnatum; some common names are cathedral bells and miracle leaf. Does it get little plantlets around the leaves? It has some herbal properties and some reports of toxicity. It shouldn't be any problem cutting it back wherever you want, and you should be able to start new plants from the cuttings or the leaves.
A Kalanchoe, but not Kalanchoe pinnata -- no pinnate leaves, from what I can tell. It's also not the cultivar 'Lucky Bells' based on foliage, but perhaps it is one of the parent species used to hybridize for that cultivar?
Bryophyllum (Kalanchoe) of some type. There is some toxicity in the genus--it is know to poison livestock. Many species form little plantlets along the leaf edges. Not something that normally pruned.
Thank you all for the responses, one more thing I forgot to ask, does it attract butterflies? I'm not crazy about this plant as it looks like an ugly weed but the woman I bought the house from has a lot of butterfly plants here. If it does I will take care of it but if not I'm not sure I'll keep it around.
I believe someone has made a quote about life being too short to keep around undesired plants. It should be good for some sort of pollinators, but perhaps not butterflies. You could give it away to someone and replace it with something that you enjoy that also attracts butterflies.
