New Lower Trunk Growth - Dwarf Umbrella Plant - July 2021
We have a pair of dwarf Umbrella container plants that Nat has had around the house for a couple of years. One of them had prime placement on our kitchen table. The other was neglected up in our spare bedroom between last Summer (2020) and this Winter (Jan/Feb 2021). The one on our kitchen counter has been something we look at all the time, so I've been pruning it pretty regularly by lop'ing off the tips to try to push some new side growth. Properly known as Schefflera arboricola , that particular Umbrella plant is thick and full from a few inches off the soil all the way to the top. The pruning has worked. The other one - the neglected one - was shaped like a lollipop. It was angled and top-heavy. The first thing I did was to dig it up, transplant it and straighten it out. Then, I began to prune it. All from the top, hoping that it would push out some new growth further down the trunk. Here's a post in m...