You just need to be patient :-) Plants take their own sweet time emerging from dormancy, depending on how old/established they are and where you are located/your weather. Also bare root fruit trees have been refrigerated after harvesting in late fall and they typically take longer to emerge than those already planted.

FWIW, established plum trees in my area - very mild winters - are only just beginning to show signs of leaves. Generally, flowers first followed closely by the leaves, but new bare root trees may or may not flower their first season.

Deciduous trees always become leafless when dormant.

Alright, thanks a lot. I think I just got worried because everything else is just so green.

First plum tree. Green on bottom stems. Top is starting to brown more.

Second tree. Stems are green all the way to the top. Should have posted these in the original post.

Give it a bit of time and do not over water them.

That tree is hecka alive

Which one, the first two pics are one and the last pic is another? Both? I have never seen something without leaves this close to spring down here in south TX. Guess i panicked.

Thowell, when you had purchased these trees, had they been bare root or potted? Bare root trees usually take more time to leaf out because their root have generally been at least somewhat (or majorly) compromised and reduced by the digging process. The worst thing to do is over water them.

They were potted, sorta. The bottom was netted in some white biodegradable netting inside a 5 gallon plastic pot filled with dirt. The second tree (single very last picture) came out of the pot perfectly/whole.

The first tree (first two pictures) was an issue. The netting was torn in the pot and the tree literally fell out with a single main root. It was like they got it bare root and stuffed it in there, but do bare root get that big? In any case, this tree is the one I am worried about.

As far as watering, I give the area a soaking once a week. Is that too much for newly planted trees? The dirt is sandy loam, so the top one-two feet drain especially quick.

Yes, I'd be more concerned with the tree that looked like a bare root and having a single main root (with no side roots?) it'll then likely prove extra slow to leaf out and establish ... sooo, keep your receipt handy in the event the tree fails. As for watering, your climate is warm and you have sandy loam, so I'd say the once a week watering is good.

Here is an update. The second tree (last picture in both posts) started budding leafs vigorously, while the first tree (first two pictures in the initial post, first picture in this post) with the damaged root system isn't doing so hot.

The thing Is, you can clearly see that the first plum is still green on the trunk until midway where it turns yellow, And then brown.

Still giving it a chance. I have another plum just in case the tree gets worse.