Help Indentify

Hello all, hope you are all keeping safe,

Can you please help me to identify this bush ? It flowers in early spring and smells nice.

However it needs some TLC. I am planning to prune it after flowers are over, in a week or two, otherwise, in the autumn new flowers gets ready for the next summer. Am I doing this right ?

Main question is how deep can I trim ? As you can see on the second picture, there are no leaves towards the center of the bush, so if a prune it down, say 20cm, I will end up with just branches and not a single leaf, this doesn't sound right. Otherwise, how can I make it smaller and tidy ?

Many thanks,

Charles

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Don't quote me on this but I think it's a viburnum tinus.

 

I thought that and have a juvenile one growing in my garden, but would it get that woody? Also "smells nice", mine doesn't smell of anything!

Nick

 

I'm just wondering if it's been cut back or maybe not getting much light on the bare patch?

I must have one the most neglected one around, it's in a pot I hardly touch it, just had a smell and it has a bit of a whiff but not much.

 

Never seen berries on mine. It is a weak smell for sure, nothing exceptional.

 

A link about viburnum
Grow Viburnum For Winter Scent And Colour
I just read that you need two plants to pollinate, so that may be why you have no berries, my neighbour has one so that must be why mine has berries.