Dergib,
No, the plants went in probably too far into the end of the growing season in the fall and maybe what ever life has to go down into the root to start back up again in the spring wasn't there.
I plan to start again in the spring. I tried the seed trick but none of them germinated. I'll probably try the bare root ones next. I have no muskrats, guessing my dog takes care of that. I do have painted turtles and had a pair of peking ducks but now am down to only 1 (guessing a weasel/ferret took the other one out on a cold snowy night a month or so ago. Just saw the signs of something that 'wrung the neck' and did some damage in the neck area but the rest of the duck looked pretty unscathed although it was quite dead.
