Wow! It's crazy how much of a difference in weather we've had on here in SE Michigan as opposed to you guys in western MI. We got down to -12 here this winter, but we've already seen several days in the mid and upper 80s so far this spring.

I have heard that you should wait until mid June to hope that your basjoo come back. Mine started sending up pups 2 weeks ago.

Yeah, the wind off the lake keeps us a good 5-10 degrees cooler during spring and summer than inland areas just a few miles east of us. Winter is the opposite. I'm hoping that I just haven't had a long enough stretch of warm weather to generate some growth. I'll at least give it till the end of May.

I had 3 mother Musa's. 1 of them has 7 pups coming up and the other 2 has no life.

-12 here was rock bottom as well. I just got three in the mail Saturday. They are potted up and in full sun. I don't know if I'll see any leaves until we hit regular 80s but we have been only falling into the high 40s at night. I also got Friday two new Tall coconuts and a green dwarf. Same thing, they are outside and doinf 5. They are talking rain and mid 70s for a couple of days this week.

andyandy, I just got two more basjoo's last Friday. Already put them in the ground. :) It has been hanging in the mid and upper 60s the last few days over here on the west side. My deck area where most of my plantings are, gets full sun and is well protected from the wind. It makes a great micro-climate. I would love to have a coconut but I already have my hands full growing a Cuban Royal. LOL