Gratz on your first bloom. :D

Overhere I got to be patient as well, since we normally get bloom season somewhere in mid May and this year it is 2 weeks late at least. But I also spotted a bud on my tiny Cecile Brunner climber (I still can't get used to the thought that this collection of tiny twigs will get higher than a meter), which probably will open in a couple of days, depending if the weather will get finally warmer. Some bud-dage I also saw on Mme Isaac Pereire and Sympathy. For the later it is actually early, usually she was a slacker, but I guess walking around it with a shovel and discussing which other rose would be good for that spot helped to bring a point across to her. x)

Congratulations-----I know how exciting this can be---I guess we are in the same zone because my roses are just starting to burst into bloom and it is thrilling---

Florence

Here's a high-five for you, campanula! There must be more where that one came from!!

Sherry