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Originally posted by Colin Spooner
I have a Forsythia bush/tree in my garden which has been unpruned and
neglected for many years.
It is about 20 feet tall,and flowers very well,but I would like to reduce
the height.
If I cut into the old wood,will it shoot from the cuts?
Also there are many knobbly 2 inch round 'lumps' formed on lots of the
branches,does anybody know what they could be?
Many thanks
Colin
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I have loads of Forsythia in my garden as a hedge, and from my experience it can be heavily trimmed and does grow back fast from the old wood. I *wouldn't* recomend trimming the whole lot down to ground level as it my just die, but a heavy prune to improve the shape allways works fine.