This weekend's frost was not helpful to my garden, but thank goodness I hadn't removed all of the protective leaves as many yard crews in the neighborhood had already done - the leaves provide a layer of protection to roots. My ancient camellia, tempted by February's warmth, was breaking bloom early, although it appears that many of the flowers were saved by my frantically throwing sheets over it Friday night. My mature winterhazel (Corylopsis spiccata), was in full bloom and too tall to be sheeted and unfortunately was damaged. The jury is still out on the early deciduous magnolia 'Jane'. Luckily the bulbs and hellebores were ok and will recover, as expected - they are used to this cold/warm variation.