Pyracantha....

I don't know whether it's right, but I tend to prune mine in the winter after the birds have had the berries.

Thanks sid....do you know if the berries form where the flowers have been....that probably sounds crazy..lol:>)

Yup, spot on. For each little flower, you'll get a berry :-)

Oh thanks Sid...the reason for asking is.... its starting to grow across the entrance of the house, you can see from the photo.....so ill prune back to the flowers.....

This looks very much like Pyracantha angustifolia, especially if the leaves are slightly downy underneath.
When considering pruning remember that berries (that develop from the flowers) are only produced on second year wood, so whatever you leave on that has grown this year, will have flowers on next year. Any growth made next year will not bear flowers until the year after. Hope this helps.

Hi Bbb, i just went and checked...no downy under leaves...If i cut the new growth back by...say..half, do you think it would be ok for next year??....Thank you so much

I will be pruning mine back as soon as I get around to it!! as it is on the wall ging to the back door, I prune back those new branches right back to a bud facing in a sideways direction which will thicken it. minding not to remove any flowers or dead flowers, and then the berries will be nicely exposed for the Autumn. Do not prune back any new growth that is growing in the direction you want it to expand., the width for example, unless you have limited room for it. It flowers on old growth so you will not be damaging flowering shoots. I see from your photograph that it is inbetween the door and window, so you will need to keep it flat back to the wall and trim hard down with the door, it would be quite nice to leave a few each year to spread over the edge of the window, then you can watch the birds feesting in the winter!!! I would also
restrict its hieght not to get to your shoots, as it is quite strong growth.

RHS say:
Spring pruning concentrates on cutting back outward growing shoots and shortening other growth. This will remove some of the flowering wood, but this can be limited by waiting until the flower buds appear.

Summer pruning simply involves shortening the new growth to two or three leaves beyond the fruit clusters to expose the developing berries to the ripening effect of the sun.

Telme hi...thanks very much, i think i understand the whole process..... at last...lol

Wow Wagger got it!!...thanks...:>)