Some plants will sprout very early, but they stay about the same size until we get consistently warm temperatures. Here are a few examples.
Tree peonies. These were planted too shallow so they must of been prone to either the freeze thaw cycle or the sun heating up the top layer of soil stimulating growth very early.
This one might have a damaged root, but I buried it a bit deeper to hope it makes it alive when they should put out leaves in March.
The garlic hasn't stopped growing in the winter, and you can tell when there's new growth with the wrinkly new leaf.
Here's a very early rose shoot.
