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Subject: Pruning an Abutilon

Forum: Trees, Shrubs and Conifers

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icheb wrote:
I recently moved into a house with many existing shrubs, and I think this one is an abutilon (flowering maple / chinese lantern).

Is this an abutilon? And how should I prune it? It\'s looking very scraggly with branches pointing in all directions. I hear they can be cut right back in the spring but I don\'t want to kill it. I\'d like it to look more like a full bush than a sparse tree.