How to prune slender lady palm

Any time; spring tidying is convenient but not required. Cut dead or fully browned fronds at the point where the petiole meets the cane. For brown tips only, trim with clean scissors following the natural leaf shape. Remove dead canes at soil level with loppers.

As needed; light cosmetic tidying a few times per year. Slender Lady Palm (Rhapis humilis) is a multi-stem clumping houseplant that rarely needs pruning. Remove individual canes that die back to the soil level, and snip off brown frond tips with scissors. You can remove entire dead fronds at the cane. Never cut the growing tip of any live cane — the cane will not regrow.

Cut dead or fully browned fronds at the point where the petiole meets the cane. For brown tips only, trim with clean scissors following the natural leaf shape. Remove dead canes at soil level with loppers.