Beginner Gardening: How do you prune a schefflera (umbrella plant)?, 0 by SGraham1580

SGraham1580 wrote:
I inherited an umbrella plant from my mother and not sure how old it is; but know it is over 7 years old. When she had it at her old office someone took a lot of trimmings from it and now it is not sprouting from most of its branches. There are two branches that continue to grow and they are growing up and out. My question is, is there anything that I can do to help the other branches start to grow again or to get new branches to grow? There is about 3 feet of brown trunk and the rest are all green. I have attached a picture of what it looks like.