For frost protection, you can get frost cloth which you drape over the plant. Frost cloth can touch the tips of the branches without tranferring cold to the sensitive tips. Another option is to drape the plant with an old sheet or tarp, but you have to suspend these above the plant so that the tips don't touch the fabric at all. If the tips touch, frost will damage them just as if they were uncovered.

A solution that I used on my largest plumie was to construct a frame out of PVS pipe that surrounds the plant and is higher than the tallest tip. I then pulled a tarp over the frame and used tie downs to fasten it to the frame. I left about a foot of space near the ground for some air circulation. Make sure the frame is securely glued and try to create a peak on the top of the frame so that water cannot collect and push the tarp onto the plant or crush the frame. I used this all winter when my plant was dormant. I would not use it if the plant is actively growing.

Mike

Thanks a LOT Mike! That gives me some idea of what I need to gather this summer, to make my babies surive thru the winter. Not that we get much of winter here in coastal Georgia, but ya never know!
Thanks a lot, I appreciate your help!
Penny