I had several plants newly planted last fall, several that I had never gotten into the ground, plus several that I ordered (very late!)from a clearance sale that arrived in early December. I knew that I was taking a chance with the late order, but the ground usually doesn't freeze here until January.
The plants that I already had, I buried in the leaf pile; the late arrivals, I potted up but deep cold had arrived early and suddenly & the ground and leaf pile had already frozen so I put them in the unheated garage.
When I checked the garage plants (in early March?) they were starting to emerge & I breathed a sigh of relief. I tossed a little water on them--Unfortunately it froze again and
it seems that did it for the 2 daylilies--they are kaput, rotted. I am surprised, for when I TRY to kill the orange daylilies (I hate orange!), it seems they will survive anything short of atomics. I think the fig is still alive, because the stem is green, but it is not showing any signs of new growth. Some other plants are doing fine though.
I also lost turk's cap lilies & phlox, and from the pots buried in the leaf pile, another daylily and a few pots whose markings disappeared over the winter--and I don't remember what was in them!
My two viburnums (planted in the fall) didn't survive. There are other plants place in a new bed in autumn that also suffered, I fear, from the early freeze--I will have to wait to see if any emerge. My roses have all survived I think, but most were dead down to just about ground level, despite the mulch, except for the 2 that were here when I moved in 16 years ago--those are huge and I never do a thing to them!
It looks like an Itea bit the dust out in the garden, also.
The blueberries were clearly munched on, but they are leafing out.
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