We had two or three nights right around freezing and one night that got down to 20 before I got a chance to cover them this week. I still have a couple I haven't covered yet but will soon. We had several days in mid November that were in the upper 70's so I was thinking it might have been too warm to cover them then if that's a thing. There's no hard freeze in the forecast for the next week or so. If none of them come back, I'll try covering them before a hard freeze next year instead of after.

I wish they would cross s. guaranitica with something a little hardier than s. splendens.

I'm not planning to cover my s. greggii 'Cold Hardy Pink' and I hope I don't regret that. This will be its second winter. It was a blooming machine this summer and got bigger than the description said. I'm in 6b so hopefully it will come back next year.

I uncovered ,my salvias today. We will likely still have some more nights below freezing but none in the forecast for the next week or so. Our average last frost date is around mid April which is nearly a month away. I pulled away most of the leaves but left a few. I only saw one that had put up new growth. The others are waiting or dead ormaybe just under the leaves.

I'm only guessing on when it's best to uncover them. I assume they could handle some below freezing temps since they are technically perennials. ??

If I remember right, we had a couple nights that got down to 10 below over the winter and a few more a bit below zero but I think 10 below was the coldest.

I had Purple and Bloom, Black and Bloom, Plum Crazy, Rockin' Fuchsia, and another I can't recall. Some of those I had two of. Crossing my fingers that I won't have to replace them all.

For the one that has put out new growth, do you think I need to cover it again if we get another hard freeze?

At least three of my tender salvias that I covered over winter have survived. The one that has the most growth is Bodacious Rhythm and Blues. (still has a plant tag) I'm pretty sure one of the others is Purple and Bloom and the third one might be Black and Bloom. I wish I had tagged all of them. Plum Crazy and Rockin' Fuchsia were both in different beds so I know it's not those. Both of those have no growth so far but they're getting some shade on the west so that might slow them down.

Our average last frost date is two weeks away and the forecast for now doesn't look too bad. A few nights in the low to mid thirties but no hard freezes when I check the 30 day forecast. crossing my fingers