David I really thought they were dead. My Mom was serious ill I was moving to my new house and I was crazy. I picked up the pots in January and put them in the car only because I wanted my pots. Put them in the garage thinking everything was dead. I noticed in March when I took them out the plants had started to grow. I was surprised to say the least.
We had snow and the pots were frozen. So frozen I could not dump the soil. That was the only reason I moved them with the soil.
I just knew everything was dead.