How to Prune an Overgrown Schefflera for Healthy Regrowth

Q: We need to trim this schefflera back. What is best?

A schefflera usually recovers nicely from severe pruning but needs bright shade, probably outdoors, to sprout new limbs faster.

Best time: late April through mid-summer if moving outdoors. You can prune to about 3 feet high despite current height.

Fertilize at half-strength and place in bright shade outdoors. It should sprout a new green top by fall.