The biggest reason people will prune their plants is to decide how they will grow. This can be a good and bad thing depending on how it's done. Some variety of plants will stay healthier if they are allowed to grow free. Some plants however can take pruning and are sometimes the better for it. Now let us discuss some of the steps for pruning your plants.



First let us go ahead and remove dead leaves. These can be pulled right off the plant and don't require and tools. The only use dead leaves have is to deprive a plant of nutrients that could go toward live lives to gather sunlight.

After you remove all the dead leaves you should start trimming off dead branches. The idea is to get as close to the trunk or thinker branch as you can without scaring it. If you're successful then it will heal.

Lastly, consider trimming off any unhealthy limbs and leaves. This keeps your plant from having to support branches and limbs that aren't helping bring nutrients to it. Usually by doing this what flowers and leaves the plant has that are healthy will become even healthier and maybe even have more vibrant colors.

After doing this you can start trimming your plant to shape. The first thing is to decide what shape you want your plant. After you do that you just start trimming off any branch that you don't need until you get your design. One you have your shape remember to water your plant and then treat it as you normally would. That's how easy it is to prune your plant!