By Waterl1ly
County Down,
United Kingdom 
I have a caryopteris which I pruned as usual after flowering. This year there are very few green leaves on it and a lot of dry branches which break off. It has been in my garden for about 10 years and has always flowered well. Should I replace it?
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Caryopteris x clandonensis
15 May, 2016
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This shrub should be pruned in March or early April rather than after its flowered. Prune it back now, you can take it down to as low as 2 inches if you want. Cutting back after flowering means late autumn, so the plant responds by trying to grow and gets caught by cold weather.
15 May, 2016