Not too late to prune. They will bloom since they bloom on 'new' wood.

You might try rooting some with your new cuttings. :O)

Never mind -- I figured it out! And I'm off to prune some bushes... :)

oh -- thanks!!! :)

How do you root cuttings? Want some? ;)

Wet the cuttings and dip them in rooting hormone. Shake off the excess--don't make the same mistake I did and coat them with the rooting hormone--it burns them. Fill a pot with potting mix, moisten it, then make a hole with a pen or pencil (so the rooting hormone doesn't scrape off the cutting). Stick the cutting in the hole and close the mix around it. Set it where it will get bright light but not too much direct sun and it should root in a few weeks. I'm not an expert but I've rooted lilacs, euonymus and a few others this way. It's really cool because you already know what the plant will look like. I've never rooted cuttings of butterfly bush but I will from now on! My lawn minimization effort is just getting underway and I have a long, long way to go.

I freecycled some cuttings and got a lilac sapling in return -- YAY!