Will pruned shrub stems still grow?

Hello,

We purchased a Viburnum Bodnantense Dawn from a local nursery mainly on the fact that it was a good few feet tall. We have noticed since that the ends of the nice long branches are all woody, with no soft growing tips. We have phoned the nursery but they say those existing branches will still continue to grow and that they prune it to encourage new growth, however my father-in-law tells us that those nice long branches won't grow and we should take it back, or we'll have to wait for new growth from the bottom of the shrub to take over. Please could someone tell us who is right? Many thanks indeed

 

HI

Well taking in to account we are now officaialy going into autumn it is starting to get ready for the winter so it will also be loosing it leaves in a couple of weeks time so thats the end of what growth its going to produce for this year which is tottaly normal so dont worry , next spring it will re start in to growth , if you want it more bushey you can trim the ends of each shoot this will hepl it branch out
Spruce