I know that winter or early spring is the best time to trim them, but I'm running late.

If I trim them now, will they still get red in the fall?

I'm in central Ohio.

Thanks!

Burning Bush Pruning (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/burning-bush-pruning.html)

I understand they are pretty hardy and you should be able to prune anytime. The above article might be able to back that up.

I've seen that article. I know they are hardy and can be pruned anytime, but my fear is in trimming them too late causing them to not get red in the fall.

Sorry.
I can't imagine why the leaves 'wouldn't' turn red in the fall unless you kill it.

Hopefully 'Tick' will come along:) She should know for sure.

I had to get going, so have trimmed 30 or so of our 50-60 burning bushes. I'll finish tomorrow and post back in the fall to let everyone know if they still turn red.