Pruning banana shrub

Can I cut back a shrub that is about 8 feet tall to about 4 ft without killing it?

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#1 Comment By drtreelove On 01/19/2019 @ 11:24 pm

It’s best to keep the height reduction and removal of foliage to 25% maximum at one time, in a year. The more extreme reduction of 50% may not kill it, but there are possible detrimental effects.

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