Schefflera Bonsai Pruning

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Schefflera bonsai pruning. Cutting or pinching back young stems will encourage it to. How to prune variegated schefflera arboricola reasons for pruning. Prune a schefflera plant with help from an experienced horticulturist in this free video clip. Pruning a plant is done for several reasons.

Strategically pruning a schefflera plant can encourage it to grow out as well as up and make for a denser more bushy shape. The large pieces you have cut off your plant would make great cuttings for propagating new plants. Variegated schefflera can grow to a scraggly 10 feet. With proper pruning we can keep it as dwarfs in our garden.

For making bonsai we can use the plant with bright green leaves schefflera arboricola which is more common. Trimming schefflera houseplants can be achieved by cutting off the tops of the tallest stalks about an inch 2 5 cm above the spot where the next leaf down is attached. Usually the plant grows up to a height of about 10 to 15 meters. After defoliation the replacement leaves are initially much smaller but each progressive replacement leaf increases in size until eventually each new leaf is back to its normally large size.

Repetitive leaf pruning is needed to keep the huge leaves of the brassaia in control. So pruning is the most important part of creating a schefflera bonsai. Outdoors a schefflera can reach up to 8 feet tall but indoor plants require careful pruning to maintain a more manageable size. Truly there are different varieties of plants in the schefflera family.

Prune a young schefflera to thicken the base. When trimming your plant back make sure to leave 2 to 3 nodes on each stem.