How to prune golden mosaic plant

Any time; remove damaged foliage as it appears. Cut the entire leaf stalk of any yellowing or dead leaf cleanly at soil level with sharp scissors. Never trim just the brown tips — cut edges brown again and look worse than the original damage.

As needed; typically a few leaves per month in normal growing conditions. Ctenanthe pilosa 'Golden Mosaic' is a clump-forming prayer plant relative that needs only cosmetic tidying. Remove dead or damaged leaves by cutting the full petiole at the base. No shaping or structural pruning is required — the plant naturally maintains a tidy rosette form and does not become leggy like vining or shrubby species.

Cut the entire leaf stalk of any yellowing or dead leaf cleanly at soil level with sharp scissors. Never trim just the brown tips — cut edges brown again and look worse than the original damage.