It's so cold here, it's hard to get outside and look at mine. Without knowing where you are it 's hard to say anything.

Hi drew, Im in Zone 7B, central Arkansas. we have had a very mild winter.

No snow yet. Sun has been out everyday.

OK, thanks for info, yes in some areas the mild winter is resulting in plants coming out of dormancy. It may be ok, but could result in damage depending on your area. Nothing you can do anyway. You may have early fruit! In CA fruit trees are flowering.

This has been the warmest winter I remember in central Utah. Everything is coming on early and I even had a high temp of 71 the other day. The extended forecast predicts pretty much the same weather until the first of March so I have already uncovered my artichokes and fig. It's crazy I usually don't do this until mid to late March. I figure I could throw a tote over my fig with some jugs full of water if it looks like it is going to be close.

Above normal (temp) but not by much here in southwest WI. Snow has been on the light side (its all going east this year...fine by me). Still have snow on the ground. No complaints here. We rarely see temps go past the mid 40Fs from Dec-Feb... March is usually the first time we sneak into the 50Fs and possibly 60Fs.

The weather has been so different all over! It is very typical here, if anything colder than normal, and we have more snow (about 14 inches), but not as bad as the northeast which is still getting hit! Current temp right now is 19F.

We expect lows to go to zero or below zero for the next 8 days. Lowest being -4 F.

Showing -10F here this weekend. Nothing for around here, but still cold. I think our coldest temp this winter was around -14F. Usually we get a -20F ... hopefully we sneak by without that happening. My fruit trees will have a much better bloom. Last year was nasty. I ended up with 1 ! sweet cherry ...

Snow falling now.

Noticed how warm it has been out west. South Dakota (Black Hills) have seen temps in the mid 70Fs several times this year already. Amazing warmth. Phoenix has been in the 80Fs for the past week or so and the extended keeps them in the 80Fs... Hot west, Cold east... back and forth in the middle (here).

Yeah I have peach trees and those temps in WI would kill all fruit buds, so far fruit buds are fine. They did all die last year. -10 is where damage starts.

Now if I can just keep the fruit away from bugs and fungi, the next challange.

We've got a couple feet of snow on the ground and it has been pretty cold compared to some recent winters. Later this week was forecast to hit -9, but has been scaled back to -1, with a -4 further out. I was thinking about putting a tarp over my Tam Kam persimmon tree, but won't need to if it only goes to -1, which is the current low temp for the winter (the Tam Kam handled ~-3 OK last winter). I piled snow on top of a smaller persimmon, so that only the tip shows through.

here is a pic of the plump buds!!!

Although i dont think they will turn into friut because the bruce plum apparently needs another pollinator.

I got a plum plant, only has two or three long branches, does anyone know how long does it take to get more branches and look like a real tree, pls advice. I am in Mexico city and it is very warm here now, when I got it only had two branches and had little flowers. Only branches came out of them. Pls advice on how to care for it. Thanks

I dont really know, but i assume with time it will grow more branches.

lizet,
I'm not familiar with the climate in Mexico City.Such as,do the seasons coincide with North America,with a Winter,Spring,Summer and Fall.
Plums can be pruned just about any time,except when there is known freezing temperatures coming(Winter).Pruning promotes growth and if the branches are very long,they can be cut back some.How long are they?A picture will help.
What is the plant's age and height and length of the branches?
Most Plums are usually grown as an open vase or goblet shape,with no branches pointing inward,to let light and air to the inside of the tree.
Another variety of Plum might be needed to produce fruit. Brady

The climate in Mexico is mostly warm, we have a great weather, it is never very cold as if freezing cold. My tree is about one year old, I got it with one long branch and a little one, it has grown two little branches but that is about it, I have it in a large container on my roof top where it gets a lot of sun and I put water every day. Does it take very long for it to look like a tree, I have been successful growing lemons, apples, coffee and an avocado tree I planted from seed, and they grew fast.

This photo was taken on Feb 28th. I'd say these plum buds are as big as they're gonna get.

Unusually sunny and warm February for Pacific Northwest this year.

That looks like great weather to me. Here's a pic from earlier today when I went out to collect scionwood. It was just starting to snow at the time (close to 30 degrees), with another 4-8" forecast. I wouldn't normally cut scionwood so late, but the high temp for the last month was 37 degrees and everything is fully dormant.

This is the top of a 5 gal Home Depot bucket, with a potted grape vine. The snow comes right to the top, so it is about 14" deep. It's been on the ground so long that the top has a crust of ice which I can walk on in some places without breaking through.