Thank you for your reply! It's possible I guess, total accumulation of a certain level of cold, but it just felt very normal & mild, on the human level. No ice storms, or unusually cold nights. It seems like there was a day or 2 when it never got to 40° but that's pretty normal too, once or twice per winter. Although there was the few nights of almost-frost at the beginning of April, I had taken my potted plants back out in Feb, a little earlier than usual. First frost was mid-Nov I think, a little earlier than some years, a little later than others.
You're not that far away, in terms of plants. Did you feel like this past winter was unusual?
