Thanks, I am relieved to know that it can withstand severe pruning. I hung garland on it for Christmas last year (I like to decorate everything at Christmas!), and I will probably do so again this Christmas, but after Epiphany, I definitely will prune it back severely. I wanted to prune it now because it obscures my view of my feeders, but I was afraid pruning now would damage it, and it is not my intent to harm it.
