One potential problem is that the evergreen things you plant to fill in the gap may not do well under the shade of your burning tree. If the bush is not in a good location, why not remove it and replace it with what you want. Euonymus alatus is not generally considered a prized species and is invasive in many areas.

K. I cut off the sucker. It was actually part of a trunk. All the other branches looked more like suckers... Hopefully I did the right thing. It was only two little branches, so it would be weird if the other parts were the sucker I think. It would make the sucker the actual tree and that would be strange I think. Hopefully I didn't do damage :( I was able to take pictures of the other trees with my cell phone! Ok, so here we have what I am almost positive is a lemon tree: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330872321811346 This is the tree that had one lemon last year, though I never tasted the fruit- but it looked like a lemon. This tree also has very bad leaf curl. Here is a pic: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330975224339442 I think this was from being really thirsty last summer. I water deeply about once a week, but it doesn't seem to get much new growth and the leaves don't change. Should I do something else? Next pic: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330981373239506 I don't know if this is lemon or lime and the shape of the tree is terrible. Is there anything I can do to fix it and get it to look more like a shade tree eventually? Here is a pic of it's baby fruit as well: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330979421196178 Next pic: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747330997258299090 I don't know what this tree is. Here is the fruit pic: https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747331006607107522 Same question about shaping the tree from above. This next tree is only about 3 feet tall, it has horrible thorns like the first tree I told you all about. I'm not sure if I should dig it up and plant shadier trees or if it's worth preserving. I love fresh fruit. https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747331013173657138 This is another mystery citrus tree. I have ever seen fruit on it. https://picasaweb.google.com/heather.leigh.green/May27201202#5747331020964139874 Same question about the shape. Thank you for your help!!! I am very overwhelmed. I haven't even began to tell you about the ash trees and the apple tree... but this is the citrus forum :)

Yes...this year it did reach way to high to collect fruit.....the birds enjoyed it though. Good to know it will rebound....cause DH took the chainsaw to the two larger branches/trunks that were weighing it towards one side.....Does anyone have a tall trunk on theirs...or are they all small trunks and arching branches? I wish mine would grow up and out like an open umbrella....

I believe there are a few notes in the below link about pruning. From what ive read you just want to do as little pruning as possible, yet creating good airflow. What I understand is that many people talk of similarities between pruning bushes like mock orange. IT seems somewhat similar to roses (dead, diseased, crossing, and large older canes cut to the base or ground) ""Rules for pruning and training 1. Do pruning in April before trees break dormancy to encourage growth. 2. Pruning for size reduction should be done shortly after full leaf stage begins. It may be possible to decrease the size of the EvanâÂÂs Cherry with this method. 3. Never do pruning in summer or fall, it would encourage late growth and increase chances of winter damage. 4. Remove branches that rub against each other and diseased or damaged wood. 5. DonâÂÂt remove more than 25% of the wood in any one year. To remove more wood may encourage vegetative buds and reduce fruit yield the following year. Keep the branches thinned so that at harvest time you will have enough room to reach your fruit. 6. Allow your tree to have weeping branches. The branches weep because they were weighed down with fruit and are more likely to produce fruit in the future. 7. SK Carmen Jewel should be trained as a tall bush, similar to the way Saskatoons are grown. Although more research is needed on this, probably an open centered, vase like bush would be ideal. 8. EvanâÂÂs Cherry should be trained with a single trunk. Training to an open centre would make fruit more accessible at harvest. 9. Prunus eminens (or Mongolian cherry per catalogues) can be grown and clipped just like a hedge but this method will not produce much fruit. Thinning is needed to ensure enough light for fruit development. If you can still see some light coming through your bushes when in full leaf, then you have pruned enough. "" Here is a link that might be useful: u of sask