'Robert',

Remove dead wood in the spring. Hard pruning is definitely not
tolerated.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.




"Robert Davies" wrote in message
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I've got a couple of Cistus bushes, about three years old and three
feet high, which are looking a bit leggy with a lot of bare wood lower
down. Ideally I'd like to prune them back to about six inches (i'e.
beneath all the green shoots) to make them bush out again. But I
remember reading somewhere that Cistus don't like being pruned hard.
Should I give it a go or will it just kill them?

thanks

Robert