How to prune ghost plant

Spring or early summer for beheading/propagation; dead leaves any time. Peel away dry, papery lower leaves by hand. To restart a leggy plant, cut the rosette off leaving a short stem stub, allow the cut to callous for 24 hours, then plant in dry gritty mix.

Rarely; dead-leaf removal as needed, beheading only if severely etiolated. Ghost Plant (Graptopetalum paraguayense) needs almost no pruning. It is a rosette succulent — there are no branches to shape. Remove dried lower leaves as they shrivel naturally. If a stem becomes etiolated, you can behead the rosette, let the cut dry for a day, then re-root it.

Peel away dry, papery lower leaves by hand. To restart a leggy plant, cut the rosette off leaving a short stem stub, allow the cut to callous for 24 hours, then plant in dry gritty mix.