Help identifying this bush?

[bpowell]

Trying to find the name of this Bush and it can be pruned? Thank you

 

[Mrsclem]

looks like forsythia- small yellow flowers cover entire stems in spring. If that is what it is, then yes, it can be pruned.

 

[treeguy]

Most Forsythia have hollow stems, but just between the internodes. Not many others do.

 

[Tetters]

Hello @bpowell - welcome to the forums, it's good to have you on board.

 

[bpowell]

I was thinking a nandena, but not shore.

 

[Tetters]

Has your shrub flowered yet @bpowell ? Could you cut a stem and see if they actually are hollow? I think Nandina shows a lot of colour in the leaves. Do you know if your soil is acid or alkaline?

 

[bpowell]

Not sure haven't tested it in few years, stems are kinda square on outside and round inside with white fiber. And has little flowers starting to bud

 

[Tetters]

Have a look at this. Although the opposite leaves remind of Forsythia, I have a feeling that this might be a Euonymus Alatus. I believe they are quite common in your part of the world. What do you think?
Stems of this shrub are square with ''wings''

 

[Tetters]

......like this.

 

[Marck]

Greetings, welcome to the Forums.

I agree, this is Winged Spindle (Euonymus alatus), in the Bittersweet Family (Celastraceae).
Also known as Burning Bush, this attractive deciduous shrub is native to China, Far-eastern Russia, Korea, Sakhalin, and Japan.
Euonymus take well to pruning. I recommend using precise thinning cuts to reduce the shrub's size, rather than blunt hedge cuts.