"Bob_M" wrote in message =
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| I have a row of firebushes (the ones that turn red in the fall) that
| have grown upwards to about 8+ feet. It is now certainly time to get
| them back down to proportional size.
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| When is best time and extent of cuts that can be made on these bushes
| so as to NOT destroy them?
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| Thanks in advance!
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| Bob

Are they decidious? If so, then:
http://ag.udel.edu/extension/information/hyg/hyg-70.htm