We have a burning bush that was given to us as a gift a few years ago. Until this winter, we never had a problem, but either the deer or the rabbits used it for food this winter. You can see where a lot of bark has been stripped and many of the branches are either gone or chewed on. There are some spots higher up that are starting to get leaves, but the stripped places look bare.

Is there anything we can do to help it? Should we prune the stripped and chewed spots? It’s going to look really strange if we do that! But, if there’s hope that the bottom parts will come back, I would certainly prune it.

Topics: plants, gardening, trees, pruning, bushes