How to prune begonia heracleifolia

Remove dead leaves year-round; trim spent flower stalks after flowering in late winter to spring. Cleanly cut dead or damaged leaves at their petiole base. After flowers fade, remove flower stalks at the rhizome. If the rhizome grows over the pot rim, cut it back to a healthy node to keep the plant manageable.

As needed for dead growth; post-flowering tidy once per year. Begonia heracleifolia is a rhizomatous species grown for its dramatic star-shaped leaves. It needs very little pruning — remove dead or damaged leaves at their base as they appear. After the winter or spring flowering period, snip spent flower stalks to the base. Only trim sprawling rhizomes if the plant outgrows its space.

Cleanly cut dead or damaged leaves at their petiole base. After flowers fade, remove flower stalks at the rhizome. If the rhizome grows over the pot rim, cut it back to a healthy node to keep the plant manageable.