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e. if you cut out one in three of those stems to within 6 inches of the ground
Having a look at it this morning, and what I think will be tricky is dealing with the front ones without ending up with an aethticaly worse situation than now - ie displaying more bare branches.
Not sure if this photo conveys it.
I'm wondering about taking some of the front ones down to ~4ft where new growth is showing, then following your advice on the other bits.
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yeah that looks like a Deutzia.
feedback rather than criticism but it also could be pruned a bit better after it flowers i.e. within the next few weeks.
the reason it branches out half way up is cos that's where you pruned it last time. if you cut out one in three of those stems to within 6 inches of the ground you will have new growth from the ground up and flowers at head height rather than bare branches at head height and flowers/growth at ten feet next year.