Hawaiian Schefflera Tree - August 14th, 2005 at 07:20 PM
I have a Hawaiian Schefflera which was apparently started as several plants, which they twisted the stalks to form a tree so that the foilage is at the top of these long twisted stalks. It is about 5 feet tall from the top of the soil to the top of the tree and the top is very full. Anyway, one of the stalks died awhile back, but the other two are doing very well. I cut back the dead branch which has left a void in one part of the tree which I place toward the wall, otherwise the foilage is very full. The plant gets alot of sun and is otherwise doing very well. Too well. I have some branches that are growing way out of control from the other branches and the tree is loosing it's shape. How do I prune this tree or should I? It looks fabulous except for this one branch which has grown a little out of control from the others. I think it's because the tree sits in a corner with windows flanking it on both sides. The one window gets more sun than the other window and the branch closest to the window with a lot of sun is growing faster than the other side of the tree. Also, anyway I can get growth to occur toward the area the had that dead branch to help make it a more fuller tree?