I am in eastern NC and my bermuda is showing some green as well. The week before last, we had temps in the 70's and one day of 82. We have had a fairly mild winter here, with very few extended cold snaps. I usually wait until my bermuda goes dormant and then hit any weeds with round up. This year, it has not gone dormant enough for me to spray it. Areas close to the concrete (driveway, sidewalk, etc) have retained some green all winter. I too am anxious to have a green lawn again, but I will wait to do anything until it is at least 50% green, otherwise I will just be feeding the weeds, and as TW said, I don't want to force early growth that could be damaged by a late freeze.

I live in Houston, zone9, and brugs are all over the place. They don't really go dormant here, we plant them in the ground. If it gets cold enough, they will freeze to the ground and come back, unless we have a hard, protracted freeze, which we did 2 years ago, and mine died completely, so if you plant yours in your yard after it's warm, dig them up in the fall. Some people do that, and get much better growth and blooming. They grow very fast. So, I'd say, put them outside and let them do their thing. One of mine is still blooming(!), while the other one that's in the ground is still green and growing, and the newer ones in pots are just sitting there, not growing and not dying back. I don't bring them indoors until the temps get down to about 40 at night, and they could take colder with no damage, maybe 38 or so. It was 35 the other night and they were fine, but it warmed up quickly after dawn. Daytime temps have been up to 80, but are closer to the average now, which is around 65-70. They are in the sun during the day.

Hmmm, strange indeed monsteraston. I am west of you and all my macs/serratas/oakleafs/paniculatas have leafed out. Granted, some are leafing out from the base/crown and the panics have tiny leaves (1/2 to 1") but still. Historically, paniculatas and arborescens have always been slow to leaf for me here (compared to the macs, which began to leaf out earlier in February). Make notes in a wall calendar from one year to the next so you can get a good feel what is normal but I am seeing more instances of early leaf out than in prior years, especially with the macs. I am also noticing -this year- some winter damage on selected shrubs that face north and that are in unprotected locations. Probably due to the mild weather that was followed by cold lows in Jan 5-8. That could result in growth from the crown and dried out dead stems from any of those types of hydrangeas. Hydrangeas that loose stems that way may take a while longer to produce new stems from the crown but if the roots re ok then they should eventually do that. When cold like January's pops up, I check my mulch levels and try to provide water before the cold period arrives but, even though I did so, the shrubs on the north side look like they got hit as temps prior to the cold front were so mild and these guys were not "protected" by the house and other things. Macs located there have dried out looking stems with no leaves (at east none so far) but, the plants have leafed out from the crown. Macs in protected locations look normal and are leafing out. Paniculatas like my Little Lime are leafing out. Oakleafs too. FYI - if no stems leaf out on a shrub by mid May and the plant does not generate new stems either then the whole plant did not make it. For now, I would maintain the soil as evenly moist as you can and keep them well mulched. I usually fertilize at the end of the month since that would be about two weeks after March 13, our average date of last freeze. If they do not leaf out by May then they did not make it. Prune the dried out stems then. I would hope that the roots did make it though as they usually do. If you cannot wait until May, you can lightly scratch a stem that has not leafed out to see if you see 'green'. If you see green, the roots are alive; but the stem with green may or may not leaf out. Hard to tell if it will as sometimes they leaf out and other times they do not even though they are green when I check. Years ago, I had one arborescens that did not make it due to issues with the drip irrigation one year. It did not come back and I assumed it was lack of water during the winter as I did not notice that there was a problem until some camellias started browning their leaves in Feb-March. So it pays to water them during dry winters (but seldom, maybe every 2-3 weeks or when the soil feels dry).

Right now none of my petasites are in full bloom yet but not even sure if I'll even get to see them since my dad picks them before it opens up completely. In our culture we eat the unopened flowers of this plant. Just had it now for part of dinner.. it was quite tasty. But we have tons and tons of these plants in our garden so I'm sure I'll come by one sometime soon. I'll take pics and post it here