Hard to give you a guarantee that they will or will not regrow. In some cases, they may leaf out from underneath and in other cases, the stem does not. Reminds me of one stem in Pistachio that I left alone.... it leafed out, the leaves then died and it has not shown any kind of growth since then. It was the longest one of the bunch; maybe winter injured it. I am so about to cut it down one of these days. Sticks like a sore thumb now.... the only stem that looks dried out.

Alice looks very happy where it is. And the leaf size look just right to start preparing for flowering pronto! Just put some mulch around it. Reminds me to work on the mulch of all of my shrubs too. I am soo late with that. May have to order it & have them place the molch for me; or maybe leave it for the Fall. I need to look for a temporary place for Lil Honey now.

I figured it's probably better to just cut it and forget it..leafless stems can look UGLY..but you feel bad when you've cut it off and there's green tissue..I am way behind in weeding and mulching..going back out..my break is over..

Weed, weed, whew, sweat, cut, prune, ouch! (that is the sound of your typical rose thorn penetrating my gloves), weed, whew, fertilize, weed, ouch again, bleed, curse, cut, cut, etc.

Hee hee hee!

Ok you win..taking care of roses is worse than any of my plants..

Did you protect them for the winter? They look great. I am in 6a and our macs died back to the ground. Even when, in previous winters, I protected them with wire cylinders and straw, some branches lived and some did not. I am considering removing our last two ES macrophyllas and planting something else. My back issues make winter protection a big chore and my plants are very visible at our entry. Looking at haystacks all winter is not a long term plan.

thanks..I surrounded them with kit garbage bags full of leaves..then put bamboo stakes at the corners and tied some twine around the lined up bags..then I covered the hydrangeas with leaves..but some stems were sticking out and impossible to cover..not enough room to use bigger bags..I had dead stems too..cut them off before I took this pic..they're on the side of the house near the back but it IS ugly to see those bags..but I'm sure what I did helped them..I agree that it's too much work and ugly..not sure what I'll do next winter..

mintcar..that does sound easier..but my zone is colder and I think I need insulation..