Viewing post #1019655 by Deebie

Scary indeed. I had thoughts of getting some ti plants to grow in the ground here, covered in a thick layer of mulch. I've been successfully growing a few tropicals that way, with cuttings inside for back up insurance. But . . . for instance, right now I've got confederate roses leafing out already. Usually they die down and come back from the roots and I cut them back in the spring. (I know that at my mom's place outside of Charleston, theirs come back half way down the branches. I believe that they are in zone 8b) Over the last couple of days, I'd been contemplating down them down early instead of waiting until spring, since we have been having such nice warm weather. The plants are and so am I. Lots of plants that normally bloom in spring are either in bud or blooming now, and we could have freezing temps by the weekend. How I am for them. What will spring be like here?