Well, all the Basjoos I had covered came back. At first I said they were green to the tip. It was probably more like yellow and, at first, they didn't seem to move much, but we had about a week of cool weather, after I uncovered. (Days 50s to low 60s; nights 40s to low 50s) But yesterday it was in the 70s, and today, and the next 3 days it's in the 80s, so they're greening up, and pushing out. Even found some of the pups had pups. Last fall, I found the main stem broken off. See this.
Broken basjoo.
I cut it off, at about a foot, threw it in a pot, and put it in the cellar. A couple of weeks ago, I found the stem had collapsed, but there was a nice pup in the pot. Here's a picture of the pup.
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You can see the collapsed stem lying in the pot.
Covered up a lasiocarpa last fall also, but that looks pretty much mush.