Daphne in trouble

Hi All,

I'd appreciate your advice on this one:

This is a plant that started its life in a large container and did extremely well where it was originally planted. Unfortunately it had to be moved to the far end of the garden once our extension was built and it's not been right ever since (2 years ago).
Once we moved it to its new position it was quickly surrounded by crocosmias (I can't get rid of them in that bit of the garden), but it always looked a bit unhealthy, the poor thing.
I'm attaching a photo, could you tell me what you would do with it to get it back to its former glory? Or are they plants that won't tolerate being moved?
Thanks again for your help.

 

Hi Andy,

Thanks very much for this, I'll give it a go. I hope not all is lost; I checked yesterday and some of the leggy, browny branches seem to have tiny buds on the top.
I checked in my RHS Encyclopedia and apparently they are in pruning category 1 or 8, suggesting light pruning. I never pruned it before - it looked so happy and perfectly formed in its container, I never felt the need to. Do you think I should still have a try if there are teeny buds at the end of old shoots, will I not interfere with next year's growth?

Thanks again,
Orsi