Well, went out to do some clean-up pruning (since most of the plants have 3"+ of new growth). Excellenz von Schubert (EvS) has buds with color. Now, EvS had buds with color that would have bloomed in December, but a hard freeze killed off those buds. A few other plants also have good sized flower buds. The lilac is just starting to leaf out. The late daffodils haven't finished. I did a somewhat hard prune on the HTs and a couple of minis so that I would have something for show season in June, but at this rate, I'll be in full first flush by Mother's Day. Wow!