yes, don't cut into corm though. I had a neighbor who cut his back every year so it stayed at about 7 feet.

Intresting.

I usually cut mine down to about three foot stumps in the Fall and they grow right back to full height in no time.

Arctictropical, How do you protect yours each winter, assuming they are in ground?

I keep several musa outside, protected by small styrofoam boxes and one flourescent light bulb in each box, after chopping the leaves and stem off down to about three feet high. I have never tried the ensete outside. I have usually potted them in 15 gallon pots, cut them off to three feet high, and stuck them in a cool, unheated, unlit room in the basement. They stay dormant until you bring them into a heated room with some light. I have also kept them in the basement in a heated room with very little light after chopping them down to three feet, and they grow right back in no time at all. One I kept upstairs in the light continued to grow all winter, but it was hard to keep the spider mites under control. The ones in the basement never did have a problem with spider mites. However, the one I kept upstairs and did not chop off is outside for the summer and is the tallest of the group (about 10 feet tall right now).

If you plan to overwinter plant indoors then you dont need to cut it down to 3ft just trim off all but the emerging leaf back to pseudostem, they only grow to about 7 feet anyways if you overwinter it that is.