Cryptomeria japonica, or better known as Japanese Cedar, is probably only marginally hardy here. It turns a drab color in winter like the native, unrelated Red Cedars. This young tree looks burnt and I don’t know how this tree and the other couple I still have alive will turn out this Spring.
All my bamboo is turning tan. This is usual every winter for me. Most winters I will have complete topkill, but the past couple winters were unusually warm, so the culms still survived and leafed back out in Spring.
A young Southwestern White Pine in my windbreak is burned pretty good, but should be fine come this spring.
I have a love/hate relationship with Pitlolly Pines. They are the fastest growing pine I can grow, but a lot of the young ones die through the winter. I guess this is a positive for weeding out the less cold hardy ones. It is a cross between the Pitch Pine and Loblolly Pine.
Winter burn is more common on the PitchxLoblolly Pines compared to other pines I am growing.