How to prune heart-leaf fan palm

Any time of year as dead fronds appear. Cut dead petioles cleanly at their base using sterilised scissors or pruners. Do not pull fronds — the fibrous bases can tear the trunk. Never cut the emerging central spear.

As needed; a slow-growing species that loses few fronds annually. Heart-leaf Fan Palm needs very little pruning. Like all Licuala, it is a monocot with a single apical growing point — cutting into it kills the plant. Only remove fronds that are entirely brown and dead. Yellowing fronds are still transferring nutrients back to the palm, so leave them until they are fully spent.

Cut dead petioles cleanly at their base using sterilised scissors or pruners. Do not pull fronds — the fibrous bases can tear the trunk. Never cut the emerging central spear.