So this weather in NC is nuts. My trees are confused... as well as a couple lizards and bugs.  To Ottowan and others I have cuttings coming to, please remain patient. Hugz :)
 

Wow, that one is full speed ahead!

cold weather is coming in January, this is not good!

Same here in south central Texas. Generally, my trees get hit hardest with late spring frosts/freezes but now with sap flowing in late December January a freeze will do great damage.

Mario, yes, the weather is totally confused. In So Cal there is very little distinction between seasons anymore. My Meyer Lemon is full on! It puts out lemons year round now!
Meg

I'm in northern California and my MBVS still hasn't dropped it's leaves! It's been 30 degrees overnight for the past couple nights.

Here in northwest AR, our baby's breath flowers started blooming when it was around 70 degrees on Christmas and Easter flowers are sending up leaves...and now that we've had flooding, tornado warnings and temps drop back down to the 20s at night it is all dying back.

The temp instability really concerns me for all of our in ground trees that wake up early, get frozen back, and then have to try to grow a new set of leaves in spring (not to mention the loss of blossoms on fruit bearing trees). It stresses even a large tree to expend so much energy losing/regrowing leaves. I fear how they will suffer if this happens multiple years in a row.

Yea, I have been waiting for the sap (milk) to stop flowing so I can send people cuttings that will store better.  The trouble is that never happened.  The trees dropped leaves, but the juice kept pumping.  After a few weeks of really warm weather, the plants have decided to wake back up.  I only have 2 that are doing this and this one is the worst. I am thinking about either 1) leaving them be, 2) leaving them be but bringing them in on colder nights, 3) cutting the leaves off and putting them in the garage.  I know these little trees will get pretty stressed when the weather finally decides to turn cold.  Any suggestions?

The warm temps over CHRISTmas has caused all the bulbs in my yard to pop up. I'm afraid none of them will flower after they freeze in Jan and Feb. But thankfully the warm stretch was short lived. If it had stayed warm much longer it would of wrecked havoc here in Central Arkansas.

Its been so warm in SC (daytime temps in the 70's instead of the 40's) that I have several blueberry bushes in full bloom now. Some of my current bushes have begun to leaf out and fig buds are swelling. Beginning to think that any optimism for a better growing year after the last two severe winters is nothing more than a dream for this year.

Happy new year all.
At this point I would put it in your garage and let it grow any way it chooses to. If winter hits ,it will be indoors anyway so it will lose the green growth and go to sleep late ( Unless of course your garage is a very very cold place in which case you might lose more plants)! If winter never hits and we have a fifty fifty chance for that,your tree will have a great head start or next season. Best of luck whatever you deside to do and keep us posted!

My plum trees are in bloom! No plums in 2016, i guess?That's why fruit tree growers need to diversify....Find trees that stays dormant longer.