Originally Posted by Jpbart

Well my current plan is to wrap them in either cloth or a cylinder of chicken wire. Fill the space from the wrap to the stem with pine straw or leaves. Then wrap with bubble wrap on the outside of that stuff. Gives some space for water or condensation to drain away and hopefully can trap some heat near the stem. Mulch the ground around each plant and cross my fingers.

The hope is that we do not get sustained temps much below freezing. Most often here in zone 8 it will get cold at night but still be mild during the day. Every so often we get a winter with a week of below freezing temps and I am not sure my methods would work then. So who knows? Nothing ventured, nothing gained.