I then adjusted C5 and re-tested the thenar eminence - it was fine, elicited no pain, and her hand stopped tingling. I finished treating her and told her to return in two days. At the second visit, I tested the thenar eminence).
Pruning Your Boxwood. 1  1. Know when to prune your tree. Prune boxwood shrubs at any time between the last expected spring frost and six weeks prior to the first expected fall frost. 2  2. Use sharp bypass pruners to trim off dead, injured or diseased branches. Prune them off all the way to the base of the branch.
Evergreen boxwoods (Buxus spp.) shine as immaculately chiseled garden hedges and topiaries or gracefully mounding, unpruned landscape specimens. The slowly growing shrubs thrive in partial shade and well-drained soils across U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 through 8.