I have a few leaf buds here & there, but with all the mulch I just got I've had to bury everything beyond their eyeballs. So anything that had leaf buds is now buried. That's OK, it'll be good for the spring, especially if we get a surprise last hard freeze which we might.. hasn't happened in a few years, but years ago ('07) we had a freak storm where it was almost 80degs then it dropped to -17 that night. But everything is now still winterish.