That's entirely up to you. There's no 'should' about it. Personally I don't want a garden full of green dumplings but some people do. I prefer shrubs to express their personalities not all look the same in slightly varying shades of green. Also, although it doesn't apply to your Euonymous, you will frequently lose blossom if you prune into a blob. The only shrub I clip into balls or cones is box which forms part of the garden's structure. But I live in a 300 year old town house with a garden not much bigger than the kitchen so I need a bit of formality.

I'm sorry I wasn't clear...it was in the ground like 4 years. About 2 years ago I had to prune off the 2 center branches because they were broken. Nothing new came back after that. My concern is just that it isn't filled out. Kind of afraid to do any pruning because it might not come back. It has only been in the pot 1 day - I got tired of seeing the thinned plant in front of my house and replaced it with something else. It's just in the pot until I decide what to do with it. Just wondering if there's a way to get it to fill out in the center again.

I LOVE this thread: I just have nothing to contribute. I live in a 'black hole' of weather. We FINALLY had night-time lows to make ice, but daytime highs in the mid-30s. Our winter classic pond hockey tourney went well. But with no snow - yet - I am in real 'blues'. Too cold for hostas and too warm for snow, and in zone 5 of all places. The Noopiming Garden, named in respect for the Ojibway people and all Anishinabeg, the deep north woods, is snowless. I view this thread as welcomed as the hosta alphabet series: something clherished but not attained! Theresa :( made :)!

This is my favorite flower! I took one to work & everyone thought it was fake. The only thing I've heard it called is a bloodlily. From S. Africa. Tally HO!