Prune this shrubin late winter. It blooms on new wood in spring, so you don't want to prune it then. Either cut the entire shrub down to about 12 inches from the ground or selectively remove a third of the oldest or most damaged branches. ...
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They love to eat the new growth and ripe fruit from my apple trees. As the semi-dwarf apple trees grow higher I prune off all lower branches. The deer get a few branches and we get the rest the deer cannot reach on their hind legs. A 70-30 split favoring the upper primates!