Flame acanthus pruned hard

Yesterday I cut back our old flame acanthus HARD. Nearly to the ground. After the blizzards, many of the branches were dead and woody. We'll see how it responds. I think it will come back nicely.

Found what I thought was a beetle burrow...

Nope!

Here's an after photo.

The first of three acanthus I cut back is in foreground.

This afternoon, I pruned three more flame acanthus.