Smoothie Land

When pruning your houseplants, remember that you can really do it at anytime of the year, although spring is said to be the best time to prune by experts.  To start with, take off all of the dead leaves and stems. Trim the wood close to a joint where a branch has been or where one has started to grow from it. Next, determine what parts have grown out further than what you would like. You can stand back and eyeball it.  Remember, you do not have to take all of it off at once. Take a little off and then wait awhile, come back and eyeball it again. Some plants get too many branches on the inside of them. They look tangled and can choke the plant out as well as keep light from getting into the bottom leaves. You can take these off flush with the branch they are growing from.  This is pruning for most houseplants. There are other plants like palms that need to just be cut flush with the dirt. A new shoot will sprout from the roots.