Repot newly styled boxwood?

[Deleted member 24479]

Hey gang, I collected this old box 3 or 4 years ago, tossed it in this nursery crate, and haven't touched it since until last weekend, when I performed an initial styling and removed at least 80% of the foliage. Worked it pretty hard.

My question is, given the slow pace of buxus and the old age of this particular tree, am I safe to go ahead and work the roots for the first time too? Or should I give the tree time to recover before I continue developing it? I wouldn't say it's terribly rootbound yet, just a little snug.

Pardon the lack of effort in the photography department - I was zapped at the time and the tree was too heavy to justify moving it for a picture.

 

[JuniperSol]

Which the amount of foilage it has left, I wouldn't repot till next year. It barely has any left

 

[Mellow Mullet]

I repot and restyle all the time. Boxwoods are really tough, I have picked them up off the side of the road, where they were ripped out of the ground by landscapers, in the middle of summer and had them survive.

 

[Shibui]

I'd also be happy to style and repot boxwood in one operation or repot soon after repot. Buxus are tough.