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Jul 23, Pruning the plant in summer as you might a forsythia bush (Forsythia spp) – suitable for USDA zones 4 through 9, depending on the variety – means you lose all of the Rose of Sharon's. Feb 08, Rose of Sharon is an old fashioned favorite so it is common for gardeners to inherit one of these shrubs when they move into a new home and more often than not it will be overgrown.

Young plants can be cut back pretty hard to encourage branching, but when reshaping an overgrown plant such as yours I always recommend removing only about a third of the length of the treegrinding.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.