th102 now is not the ideal time to prune your tree. Having said that. It will still leaf out and produce fruit if you prune it now. The longer you wait the more sap will be flowing thought the tree and the tree will lose more of its energy due to losing more sap. Keep in mind that pruning while the tree is no longer dormant will be a shock to the tree. Thus it will likely appear to stop the active growing process for 1-3 weeks. Your fruiting and ripening cycle this season will also likely be delayed/slowed by roughly the same amount of time.

Hi, Personally I would lift them, make sure the soil is good and add or topdress with compost if needed, then keeping the soil light and fluffy replant the hostas so that the roots are covered by about 1/2 to 1" of good soil. I go around in the spring and often find some pants that have heaved and this is what I do, and surprisingly they tend to regrow fairly good. Sometimes they send out new dormant buds from around the crown and other times the eyes that were trying to form perk up a bit. Will still be set back for now, but as long as you can get some new growth out of them they'll be better next year. You are right that it is important to cover the roots. New root growth emerges form the crowns ABOVE the previous year's growth. If that part is exposed then new roots can't form as easily and the hostas can struggle until the entire crown grows itself deeper. People who instruct others to keep the roots showing upon transplanting and then also say that this sets them back for a few years and causes them to shrink because of the move are actually experiences shrinkage due to planting too high. Also, it is possible that your fall planted hostas simply didn't get a chance to root out before winter and then heaved from repeated freezes and thaws in late winter. Mulching the garden can help to keep the soil evenly frozen over winter and can prevent a lot of the freeze/thaw/heave cycle. Hope that helps. Chris

Hi, I just came in from checking my plants and thought I would check this forum to see what damage others are seeing. I was surprised not to see more posts on the subject! I have several kinds of hostas and the leaves are definately damaged after last night's cold. I think that after the cold passes, they will continue to put up new leaves and be just fine. Hosta and Daylillies both are very tolerant of these late freezes. I have never lost any to late cold, regardless of leaf damage. I hope yours pull thru and return to good health. They are amazingly hardy plants so there is every reason to think they will! If you don't have too many, you can cover with leaves, mulch up high around them or even put cardboard boxes over them. This won't protect against actual freeze, it's used more to protect against frost, but it should help some. Also go out and water them well if you can. A well-watered plant is less likely to suffer damage than a dehydrated one. ~Christine

btw.. my worst year ... an early freeze .. knocked them back hard ... a late frost ... hit them again.. but not too hard ... followed by a hail storm in early summer ... needless to say .. NONE DIED ... but the next year.. they were all a bit smaller.. for the fact that they used up a lot of stored energy ... and all the .. the year before the national tour came to my garden ... talk about stress .. lol.. me.. not the hosta .. ken