In article , Colin
Spooner writes
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?

Ours did - but slowly.
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Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
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