To prune or not to prune?

A homeowner’s preference for either neatly manicured shrubs or wildly arching branches is never more evident than when the forsythias are in bloom. Taking an informal poll in Eden Park and Garden City, I found that freeform forsythias outnumber pruned powder-puffs. However, the final results have not been tallied, so beware of superdelegates bearing power hedge trimmers.