Forsythia Pruning

I have just finished reading your article on forsythia pruning, but one question remained unanswered for me. The branches on my forsythia are rounded upwards, but I have two or three really straight shoots growing mainly in the middle. Should I cut those right to the trunk or just shorten them? While my shrub is in bloom right now those shoots already have leaf buds on them.

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#1 Comment By Nikki On 04/22/2011 @ 8:40 am

I would wait until the shrub has finished flowering and then you can cut them back by about a third.

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