Wildlife Gardening: Shrub ID help needed, 0 by BirdieBlue

BirdieBlue wrote:
The birds must eat the berries, cause each year they are gone practically as soon as I see them. Some of The pics I took show the progress of the berry "blooming" process. They do seem to truly just suddenly burst open one day.I have wondered about pruning to make the bush fuller, but I'm too "scaredy cat" to cut off anything. If there's any pruning expert out there, I would welcome any lessons.
I will watch for any baby plants around the base. Would they come from one of the berries (seeds?), or from a sucker volunteer??
I haven't done a darn thing but plant this poor neglected thing in the middle of my shady naturalized front yard. It is under (actually between) 2 Oaks (regular and pin).
Oh and BTW - what is a xeriscape plant anyway??
---here's a pic of berries before opening. they're sort of fuzzy looking